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Food self-sufficiency Food self-sufficiency

In figure 11 the food self-sufficiency is illustrated as a diagram. The diagram Croatia is unfortunately in a deficite with the production of food.
shows two halves, the diagonal middle line indicates where food production is In the first 10 months of the year 2017 Croatia imported agricultural goods
equal to food consumption representing 100% food self-sufficiency. Diagram in the value of 2,22 billion euro, while our export reached the value of 1,36
could be more useful if we could show individual countries food self-sufficiency. billion euro. The import has grown in a rate of 13 percent, and the export at a
Food self-sufficiency is a complex issue because different countries face di- rate of 11 percent, meaning that Croatia has enlarged the deficit in exchange.
verse situations that make policy generalizations very difficult. Therefore, it’s (Poslovni dnevnik 2018.)
difficult to estimate the countries food self-sufficient.
(Clapp 2016, 89-90.) T o find out more about Italian Ministry Economic Development

If all the food produced in your own area would also be consumed in your
area, there would be 100% self-sufficiency. In practice, however, no country http://www.sviluppoeconomico.gov.it/index.php/it/
is completely self-sufficient, but to some extent also dependent on imported commercio-internazionale/osservatorio-commer-
products. A key indicator is the self-sufficiency ratio (SSR) which expresses cio-internazionale/statistiche-import-export
food production as a simple calculation: SSR = Production x 100 / (production
+ imports - exports).
(Clapp 2016, 88-89.) To find out more about Finnish food self-sufficiency,

Finland is partly self-sufficient in food production but at the same time visit:
continues to interact with other countries. Large quantities of edible food are https://www.ruokatieto.fi/ruokakasvatus/ruokavi-
imported into Finland, but also the commodities needed for food production, sa-vastuullisuus-ruokaketjussa/paikallinen-hyvin-
such as fertilizers or feed for cows. vointi/ruuan-tuotanto-suomessa/suomen-omava-
(Ruokatieto 2018.) raisuus

Since 2013 Italian agriculture export grow up from 26,2 billions of Euro
to 32 billions of Euro.
In the same period Italian agriculture import grow up from 19,5 to 22,3 billions To find out more about Finnish
with a positive balance increasing since 9,5 billions. To find out more about Italian food self-sufficiency, visit:
The total cost of food remained quite stable passing from 225 to 231 billions of Official Statistic Body: http://www.luomuruoka.fi/
https://www.istat.it
Euros, the increase was mainly covered by internal production.
(ISTAT – Italian Official Statistic Body.)

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