Index of strategic agricultural development as a methodological basis for identifying an agro-industrial center in the central macro-region

Issue № 3, 2021, article № 5, pages 47-53

Section: Economic mechanism of managing

Language: Russian

Original language title: ИНДЕКС СТРАТЕГИЧЕСКОГО РАЗВИТИЯ СЕЛЬСКОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА КАК МЕТОДИЧЕСКАЯ ОСНОВА ВЫЯВЛЕНИЯ АГРОПРОМЫШЛЕННОГО ЦЕНТРА В ЦЕНТРАЛЬНОМ МАКРОРЕГИОНЕ

Keywords: PROGRAM AND TARGET MANAGEMENT, AGRICULTURE, INTENSIFICATION, ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, OREL REGION

Abstract: The modern factors of instability and uncertainty in the economy are aggravated the problem of unexamined mechanism of program and target management in agriculture. The absence of territorial and sectoral division of labour the principles is a one of its problems. An attempt to solve this problem was the development of a Strategy for the spatial development of the Russian Federation until 2025, which is identifying agro-industrial centres in particular. There is no methodological basis for determining the agro-industrial centre in this strategic planning document. The global financial crisis, caused by the combination of the coronavirus pandemic and the growing geopolitical confrontation, has created a real threat of reducing the volume of state support for the industry and investment in it. The current situation requires finding ways to improve the economic efficiency of agricultural production. This determines the relevance of the topic of the scientific article aimed at developing an index of strategic development of agriculture, which will allow identifying an agro-industrial centre characterized by a high level of economic efficiency of production. The study was conducted on the example of the Central Macroregion. The purpose of the study is to develop an index of strategic development of agriculture, which should become a methodology for determining the agro-industrial centre, its economic justification. This goal was achieved through the use of the economic and statistical method of scientific research. The main attention in the formation of the strategic development index is paid to the problem of intensification of agricultural production, which was not solved during the Soviet Union, and it remains urgent to this day. On the basis of the conducted research, it is proved that the role of the agro-industrial centre is claimed by the Oryol region. The results obtained are not only of scientific importance, improving the methodology for assessing the development of agriculture and identifying the agro-industrial centre, but also of practical significance. The strategic development index can be used in the implementation of agricultural planning at different levels of management, ranging from an individual economic entity to the region and the entire country as a whole.

Authors: Goncharov Anton Aleksandrovich