Russia begins transforming farming? (12)
I believe the answer is:
agribusiness
'farming?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'russia begins transforming' is the wordplay.
'transforming' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'transform' mean this).
'russia'+'begins'='russiabegins'
'russiabegins' is an anagram of 'AGRIBUSINESS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for agribusiness that I've seen before include "antithesis of collective farming?" , "hard-hearted approach to the land" .)