FAO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT PAPER Food Security in the Russian FederationDavid Sedik FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS |
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Food security and the Russian transition
Literature on food security and nutrition and the Russian Federation
Changes in food availability in the transition period
Food availability measured by per capita dietary energy supply
The structure of commodity supply and use, 1992-1999
The structure of food use, 1992-1999
Russian dietary energy supply in international comparison
Comparison with other transition economies
Estimates of food inadequacy from DES dataChanges in import dependency in the transition period
Interregional comparisons
CHAPTER 3
FOOD CONSUMPTION AND INADEQUACY
Biases of the Goskomstat Household Survey
Limitations of the AA surveyComparison of Goskomstat HBS and AA survey estimates
Mean income and food consumption
Food consumption of the poorThe reasons for food inadequacy
Food inadequacy by location
Food inadequacy by family type
A model of household food inadequacy
CHAPTER 4
NUTRITION AND FOOD SECURITY
Nutritional status of different subpopulations in the Russian population
Children
Adults
Indicators of micronutrient deficiencies
Comparison with nutritional indicators in other countriesAnthropometric indicators and poverty
Public health and diet in the Russian Federation
Nutrition and health
Trends and determinants of mortality patterns
Dietary intakes
CHAPTER 5
IMPROVING FOOD SECURITY