Suchergebnisse

The study of the problems of information society development, social patterns, trends of further development is becoming an important area of research interest and determines the relevance of the theme, as well as theoretical and practical importance of study of the information society in Russia. The methodological base of the research is the structural-functional approach, allowing to consider the society as a self-developing system, and also elements of dialectical and synergetic approaches. As an empirical base used the results of a longitudinal study of media communities of Russia on the example of a virtual community of Internet resources: www.rufa.ru, various communities of the Russian Internet and network of online communities, social networks, Twitter, Facebook, LiveJournal, etc. is conducted by the author in the period 2005-2013.

Despite initial concerns of catastrophic outcomes, the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting lockdown measures did not severely affect regional agriculture in Central Asia and the Caucasus. They did, however, affect food supply chains in terms of demand and logistics. Food prices were volatile throughout 2020 and particularly high in countries with currency depreciation. However, the on-going COVID-19 pandemic as a human and health crisis presents an ever increasing risk to the economies of Central Asia and the Caucasus. The global implications of the pandemic, combined with a decline in oil and gas exports and migrant remittances, could impede recovery and undermine economic stability in the region. Policymakers should avoid disrupting domestic food supply chains and placing barriers to trade through export bans and quotas. At the same time, they must ensure food security and reduced price volatility through diversified trade networks. Deeper domestic value chains and efficient management of public and private food stock reserves will better prepare countries to face the continuing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Better-informed and targeted policy responses to a pandemic require improved national systems of nutrition research and monitoring, and timely availability of data not only relating to production but also to other levels of the agrifood chain.