Russia's Agriculture in Transition

Zvi Lerman is professor and Sir Henry d'Avigdor Goldsmid Chair in Agricultural Economics at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

• Chapter 1. IntroductionPart 2 Part I. Changing Farm StructureChapter 3 Chapter 2. Large and Small Business in Russian AgricultureChapter 4 Chapter 3. Development of Peasant Farms: The Case of Tambov Oblast in Central RussiaChapter 5 Chapter 4. Agroholdings: Russia's New Agricultural OperatorsPart 6 Part II. Developing Factor MarketsChapter 7 Chapter 5. Land Reform and Development of Land MarketsChapter 8 Chapter 6. Completing Agricultural Land Reform in Russia: A Western View of Outstanding Policy and Legal IssuesChapter 9 Chapter 7. Rural and Agricultural Labor MarketsChapter 10 Chapter 8. Markets for Purchased Farm InputsChapter 11 Chapter 9. Farm Finances and Access to CreditPart 12 Part III. Productivity and Efficiency of Russian AgricultureChapter 13 Chapter 10. The Allocative Efficiency of Input Use in Russian Corporate FarmsChapter 14 Chapter 11. Allocative Efficiency of Corporate Farms: Evidence from the 2003 BASIS SurveyChapter 15 Chapter 12. Allocative Efficiency of Corporate Farms: Evidence from National DataChapter 16 Chapter 13. Allocative Efficiency of Corporate Farms in Leningrad OblastChapter 17 Chapter 14. Technical Efficiency in Russian AgricultureChapter 18 Chapter 15. Summary

Zvi Lerman has assembled an impressive group of scholars from Russia, the United States, and Israel for this book, and it will become a useful reference for students of the transformation of Russian agriculture. The sector receives far less attention from analysts than most others, and a book that helps correct that imbalance is always welcome. Furthermore, in the Russian context, the factor markets not directly connected to land reform and the peasant farms it was intended to create often go understudied, and this volume helps fill the gap. . . . Russian Agriculture in Transition brings together quality scholars, supplements existing data with original surveys, and focuses on traditionally neglected aspects of Russian agriculture. Its data and insights will be of use to analysts of the sector for many years.