The Russian Variant of Food Security

Russia’s political leaders have a different understanding of food security than traditional usage. The traditional usage of the term food security refers to access, availability, and nutritional aspects of food. According to the conventional application of food security, the vast majority of the Russian population is not food insecure by traditional measures. The Russian variant of food security connects food trade to national security. The Russian political leadership argues that Russia is food insecure based on food imports. Survey data are used to assess support for the government’s food security policy, and to analyze the impact of the self-imposed food embargo on Russian consumers. Copyright © 2017 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.