FORMATION OF SUSTAINABLE FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS AND THEIR IMPACT ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT

DOI 10.33305/2010-95

Issue № 10, 2020, article № 8, pages 95-108

Section: Development of rural territories

Language: Russian

Original language title: ФОРМИРОВАНИЕ ПРОДОВОЛЬСТВЕННЫХ ЦЕПЕЙ ПОСТАВОК И ИХ ВЛИЯНИЕ НА РАЗВИТИЕ СЕЛЬСКИХ ТЕРРИТОРИЙ

Keywords: FOOD SUPPLY CHAINS, PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENT PATH, INSTITUTIONS, RURAL TERRITORIES, SUSTAINABILITY, CAPITAL, ATTRIBUTES

Abstract: The purpose of the study is to assess the development of short food supply chains and identify their advantages for the functioning of rural areas. It is established that the predominant development of long food supply chains in the country based on large-scale vertically integrated production is inherited from the previous socialist system. In market conditions, the development of long food supply chains in the country based on vertically integrated production, with the placement of their main financial centers in large cities and regional centers, leads to increased monopolization of the food market, reducing the tax base in rural areas. Over concentration of capital and livestock in a limited space by agricultural holdings in large complexes in rural areas leads to environmental degradation, significant losses in biodiversity, and increased pressure on ecosystems. High-intensity agriculture, through the use of economies of scale and modern technologies, has accelerated the displacement of labour resources from the production sector, increasing unemployment in rural areas. In these conditions, a certain stabilizing social role in rural areas is played by small forms of management: personal subsidiary farms (LPH), individual farms (IF) population, K(f)X, small independent agricultural organizations. In this regard, an important task is to identify the problems of their development, determine the conditions under which they can become competitive producers in the local market of the food chain. In Russia, the following three types of food supply chains have been identified: long, short, and ultra short. The scientific novelty lies in the theoretical justification of the basic principles and indicators of sustainable food supply chains. A form of short supply chain capital generation (SCP) has been identified, which contributes to improving their competitiveness and sustainability of relatively long supply chains. Based on the analysis of the St. Petersburg food market, the main problems of the weak development of the SCP in the region are investigated.

Authors: Dibirov Abusupian Asildarovich