Food Security Doctrine (Russia)
The Food Security Doctrine is an agricultural policy of the Russian Federation adopted first in 2010, and revised latest in 2020.
History
The first draft of a comprehensive national food security policy was created by the Russian Ministry of Agriculture in the 1990s, which however met strong resistance from other economic ministries and was vetoed by then president Boris Yeltsin due to budgetary limitations. In 2006, Russia adopted the Federal Law on the Development of Agriculture which was the first legal document that provided basis for supporting agricultural production.2010 first version
On January 21, 2010, then Russian president Dmitry Medvedev signed Russia's first Food Security Doctrine, which is a non-legislative framework document that outlines the agricultural production goals in order to achieve domestic food self-sufficiency. The doctrine is referred to by the National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation to 2020.The doctrine also justifies governmental actions in response to foreign dumping or export subsidy that are deemed as detrimental to the Russian market. The doctrine has also established the following domestic production goals as the share of domestic production in the total food supplies:
- grain - 95 percent
- sugar - 80 percent
- vegetable oil – 80 percent
- meat and meat products – 85 percent
- milk and dairy products – 90 percent
- fish product - 80 percent
In 2019, then Russian Prime Minister Medvedev stated that most of the goals outlined by the doctrine had been met in the past decade.
2020 revised version
On January 21, 2020, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a revised version of Food Security Doctrine for Russia. According to the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, the emergence of new economic conditions such as economic sanctions, Russia's accession to the WTO and enhanced integration processes within the Eurasian Economic Union prompted the revision of the doctrine.The revised version of the doctrine focused on preventing the import and use of genetically modified organisms for planting or genetically modified animal for being raised. A revised set of production goals were also published as following:
| Product | Self-sufficiency target set in 2010 | New Self-sufficiency target set in 2020 | Actual production level in 2019 |
| Grain | 95 percent | 95 percent | 170.5 percent |
| Sugar | 80 percent | 90 percent | 112.6 percent |
| vegetable oil | 80 percent | 90 percent | 198.4 percent |
| Meat and Meat Products | 85 percent | 95 percent | 94.6 percent |
| Milk and Dairy Product | 90 percent | 90 percent | 81.7 percent |
| Fish Products | 80 percent | 85 percent | 154.5 percent |
| Potatoes | 95 percent | 95 percent | 100 percent |
| Vegetables, Melons and Gourds | NA | 90 percent | 95.8 percent |
| Fruit and Berries | NA | 60 percent | 33.9 percent |
| Seeds of Key Ag Crops of Domestic Selection | NA | 75 percent | 2-90 percent |
| Edible salt | 85 percent | 85 percent | 63.6 percent |