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Опубликовано на портале: 30-11-2003
William Liefert, Bryan Lohmar, Евгения Викторовна Серова
2003
This paper examines why transition from planned to market economies in the countries
of the former Soviet
bloc has changed their mix and volumes of food consumption. During transition, consumption
of high value
products, such as meat and dairy products, has plummeted, while consumption of staple
foods such as bread
and potatoes has remained steady, or even increased. The paper shows
that in the pre-reform planned
economy, planners ‘desired’ the production and national consumption
of high value (and cost) foodstuffs
more than consumers. When market reform resulted in consumer prices adjusting to
reflect the full cost of
production, consumer demand switched from high cost foods to other goods
and services. The demand-
driven nature of food restructuring in these countries has implications
for food security, reinforcing the
argument that any food security problems are not mainly the result of
inadequate aggregate supplies of
agricultural products.
