Органическое сельское хозяйство в России: особенности развития и возможные социально-экологические эффекты

Известия РАН. Серия географическая. 2021. Т. 85. № 5. С. 675–686.

Грачева Р. Г., Sheludkov A.

The article analyzes the particularities of organic agriculture development in Russia and its geographical patterns. Unlike European countries, large investors were the first to develop organic agriculture in Russia; the main motives of these pioneers were related to issues of healthy food and, to a lesser extent, environmental or social issues. From the approach of theory of diffusion of innovations, the development of organic agriculture in Russia is in its early stages. Nevertheless, the number of farms and lands under organic agriculture is growing steadily, service industries and distribution channels are being formed, and an institutional environment in the form of associations and national legislation has been created. In the spatial distribution of organic enterprises, there is a dependence on natural conditions and the agrarian history of the territory. Processing enterprises tend to cluster in the Moscow region as the largest sales market. The possibilities of expanding organic agriculture in mountainous rural areas are considered. In the last sections authors discuss potential socio-ecological effects of organic agriculture for maintaining the resilience of rural areas in Russia.

Keywords: диффузия инноваций, diffusion of innovations, география сельского хозяйства, organic products, Territorial Resilience, agricultural systems, green agriculture, geography of agriculture, экологизация аграрного производства, органическая продукция, территориальная резилиентность