Changing Crop Area in the Former Soviet Union Region

by William M. Liefert and Olga Liefert

This report examines how total crop area, as well as area for grain, have changed in Russia, Ukraine, and Kazakhstan. After falling substantially in all three countries during the 1990's, total area and grain area have rebounded somewhat in Ukraine and Kazakhstan, but currently area is still far below the levels of the late Soviet period in Russia and Kazakhstan.

Keywords: Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, former Soviet Union, agriculture, agricultural trade, crop area, wheat, corn, oilseeds

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