Evaluation of the development of wheat production in Russia

Bc. Kristina Semishkina, MBA

Master's thesis

Abstract:

The main objective of the thesis is to evaluate the development of the wheat market in Russia in the period 1990-2021 and to determine the factors that cause changes in the production and price of grain on this market. The first part of the thesis is processed by the method of literary research. The second part of the thesis contains an analysis of the time series of selected indicators, mainly from the Rosstat database, which enable the main objectives of the thesis to be fulfilled (e.g. crops area, gross harvest, productivity of land etc.). In this part, the resource base and potential of the country's agricultural sector, the importance of the wheat commodity for Russia's foreign trade and Russia's self-sufficiency in wheat are evaluated. The work outlines, that Russia’s position on the world wheat market has improved significantly in the last years of the monitored period, mainly due to the growing wheat production, increasing productivity of the harvest area and growth in world prices of the commodity.

Keywords

Russian agriculture market, Analysis, Wheat commodity, Agriculture

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 1. 12. 2022

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: Ing. Pavel Kotyza, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Economics and Management

Master programme:
World Economy