Towards a Descriptive Simulation of Russian Food Supply Chains

Work in progress towards a descriptive social simulation is described. The phenomena of concern are the systems that supply food to those in Russia – Russian food supply chains. The ultimate aim is to represent, within a single simulation framework, the situations in this regard at different stages in recent history, namely the situations in: the recent Soviet era; immediately after the collapse of the Soviet system; and the recent situation. The design of this simulation has been informed by consultations with experts, following a design/implement/present/redesign cycle. This process is on-going so that what is presented is a snapshot of the current state of the model. Some preliminary results of the model are presented illustrating some the characteristics of this.