Food security has become a matter of strategy

Default08-1910-2007 Food security became a matter of strategy, Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov has again raised the issue of food security. In his performances this theme sounded repeatedly. This is not surprising, because the Prime began his career in agriculture, which gave about 20 years. In one of his first interview as prime minister, Zubkov said that "security of our country - this is food security, too, we need to think about it constantly." Not surprisingly, in his economic program, much attention is paid to the rise of agriculture, which is that security should provide. For Russia, this question is not idle. "Russia today lost the food security of basic food products", - said in an interview Bigness. ru, former Minister of Agriculture and now a State Duma deputy Viktor Semyonov. According to him, in Russia we do not have food security in the international sense. Therefore, says Semyonov, "not by accident today when a poor harvest in Europe for grain, it immediately strikes us as well, and the cost of grain, as well as the cost of other products.