Identification and economic assessment of potato growing development directions based on innovations

Issue № 8, 2025, article № 9, pages 82-97

Language: Russian

Original language title: ВЫЯВЛЕНИЕ И ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКАЯ ОЦЕНКА НАПРАВЛЕНИЙ РАЗВИТИЯ КАРТОФЕЛЕВОДСТВА НА ОСНОВЕ ИННОВАЦИЙ

Keywords: DEVELOPMENT DIRECTIONS, ECONOMIC ASSESSMENT, POTATO GROWING, AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS, INNOVATIONS

Abstract: The projects developed by the Government of the Russian Federation to support producers in various sectors of the national economy determine the strategic course for the development of its economy – shifting the emphasis from regulating demand for goods to stimulating their supply. Setting such a task implies searching for new opportunities to increase the quantity and quality of manufactured products. A potential solution is seen in the introduction of advanced innovations in such areas of production activities of economic entities that will allow them to obtain the highest result at optimal costs. Potato growing is quite promising in the agricultural sector of Russia, as it creates a socially significant product that is an integral part of the population’s nutrition system. In some regions of the country, self-sufficiency in potatoes is still below the threshold value of the Food Security Doctrine. One of the reasons is that its production is concentrated mainly in households that cannot create the conditions necessary to attract effective innovations. In the work, using the method of correlation analysis, it was determined that the yield of potatoes in large agricultural organizations is mainly affected by the costs of purchasing seeds, mineral fertilizers, plant protection products and maintaining fixed assets. These results made it possible to substantiate the directions of development of potato growing based on innovations (implementation of variety change, introduction of resource-saving technology, use of new-generation fungicides, construction of irrigation systems, organization of product storage), using the example of specific producers in the Saratov Region to conduct their economic assessment. It was revealed that the expenses of enterprises will increase to the greatest extent during variety change (by 56.4%), to the least extent - during replacement of chemicals (by 3.6%). The implementation of the proposed measures for farms in a complex will allow, with an increase in their total costs by 60.7 million rubles. increase potato yield by 46.8 thousand centners (or 34.5%), profit by 48.4 million rubles, and the sub-sector profitability level by 15.11 percentage points.

Authors: Bryzgalina Maiia Anatolevna