Sustainable («Green») Development of Agriculture in the Context of Climate Change: Legal Experience of Russia and India

Abstract

In modern conditions of climate and other global changes, topical issues are the reduction of the anthropogenic load on the environment with an increase in agricultural production, as well as the adaptation of agriculture to climate change. The paper examines the legal experience of building a model of sustainable («green») agriculture of the two BRICS countries — Russia and India. The current state of agriculture, environmental problems caused by climate change are considered. The regulatory legal acts and documents of strategic planning in the field of agriculture in Russia and India, international documents of the UN and FAO aimed at adapting agriculture to climate change are analyzed. The author substantiates that digitalization and organic production of agricultural products can act as tools for adapting agriculture in Russia and India to climate change. The directions of legal regulation of sustainable development of agriculture are formulated based on the conceptual model of legal regulation of sustainable («green») development of agriculture.