Will Russia become an agricultural superpower?
Bloomberg’s Leonid Bershidsky notes:
“Russia is often seen
as a country that produces little that the world wants except energy
commodities. The oil export dependence looks like a major time bomb under the
country's future, given the current focus in the West and in China on reducing
the use of hydrocarbon fuels. By an ironic quirk, however, Russia appears to be
benefiting from the climate change its energy resources are helping to fuel:
Its prospects as the world's biggest wheat exporter and a grain superpower are
bright, not least because of the rise in global temperatures.”