Multifunctionality of agri-food sector: theoretic conception, practical implementation

Elmira Krylatykh ()

Economy of region, 2009, vol. 1, issue 1, 42 - 50

Abstract: This article analyses some issues related to multifunctionality of agriculture and agri-food sector (AFS). It provides arguments that “multifunctionality of AFS†(MF AFS) can not be connected only to definitions of trade regimes under WTO regulation. It is underlined that MF AFS is the most important property and particular characteristic of agricultural sector. The author validates theoretic and methodological conception of MF AFS, proposes definitions for study of the issue, defines five basic functions, analyses their relations and interactions in real economy. In this article the author analyses several critical problems of modern AFS in Russia. There are some proposals how to use efficiently multifunctional nature of AFS amid growing world economic crisis and particular in the context of food crisis. The author describes the most important directions to study multifunctionality of regional AFS to create strategies for their development.

Date: 2009
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
http://economyofregion.ru/Data/Issues/ER2009/March_2009/ERMarch2009_42_50.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ura:ecregj:v:1:y:2009:i:1:p:42-50

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in Economy of region from Centre for Economic Security, Institute of Economics of Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Alexey Naydenov ().