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What is Agro-Industrial Complex

Handbook of Research on International Collaboration, Economic Development, and Sustainability in the Arctic
A complex of integrated industries (animal husbandry, crop production, food processing, agricultural machinery, organic farming) and supportive facilities (storage, insurance, transportation, distribution of food and agricultural products).
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New Approaches to Agricultural Production Management in the Arctic: Organic Farming and Food Security
Mykhailo Guz (National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6954-1.ch028
Abstract
Organic agriculture is a promising form of management in which the preservation of the natural foundations of life and natural processes is the determining factor in ensuring food security and sustainable development. Until recently, organic farming has been considered as something related to the traditional regions of agricultural production. However, raising food security issues make people look for new opportunities even in the severe conditions of the polar regions. In the High North, food security issues are complemented by specific challenges: climate, fragile environment, remoteness, and way of life of indigenous people. In the chapter, the author discusses the potential of organic farming as a solution to the food insecurity problem in the northern areas. The approaches to organic production management and establishment and running of an organic farm are studied. The author concludes that a green turn to more organic farming is a promising step towards food security and sustainable development of rural areas in the Arctic.
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Technical Equipment of Agricultural Production: The Effects for Food Security
A combination of several sectors of the economy aimed at the production and processing of agricultural raw materials and obtaining products from it, brought to the end consumer.
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Agrarian Reforms of the 20th Century in Russia: Impacts on Agricultural Sector and Food Security
A set of industries (enterprises) whose activities are directly or indirectly aimed at the production of food or other products produced from agricultural raw materials.
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