Conceptual Mechanisms for Improving the Sustainability of Agricultural Activities of Subjects of the North Caucasus Federal District

Issue № 1, 2022, article № 1, pages 3-8

Section: Agrarian policy: problems and decisions

Language: Russian

Original language title: КОНЦЕПТУАЛЬНЫЕ МЕХАНИЗМЫ ПОВЫШЕНИЯ УСТОЙЧИВОСТИ СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННОЙ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ СУБЪЕКТОВ СЕВЕРО-КАВКАЗСКОГО ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОГО ОКРУГА

Keywords: ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, STATE SUPPORT, SUSTAINABILITY, SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CONCEPTUAL MECHANISMS, AGRICULTURE

Abstract: This article is devoted to the assessment of the condition and possibilities of increasing the sustainability of agriculture as a basic industry for most subjects of the North Caucasus Federal District of the Russian Federation (NCFD). The chronic socio-economic, technical and technological lag of the subjects of the North Caucasus Federal District from other regions and territorial formations of the country is explained by the use of not always reasonable management tools for its multi-layered agricultural sector of the economy. In this regard, significant adjustments of conceptual approaches to the development of agriculture are needed, based on a detailed analysis and inclusion in active economic activity of all accumulated resources and advantages in the industry. In the Strategies of socio-economic development of the subjects of the North Caucasus Federal District, certain steps have already been taken at the regional level: the development of innovations in production and processing, the use of advanced breeding and seed systems in crop production and animal husbandry, vertical and horizontal cooperation, etc. The main directions and ways of ensuring the sustainability of their agricultural activities have been developed and identified. At the federal level, the main instrument of influence is state support. Therefore, the efforts of the federal center should be aimed not only at increasing the volume of state support, but also at stimulating the financial and economic activity of commodity producers at all levels of the management hierarchy, focusing on small agricultural businesses and households through their integration cooperation with large and medium-sized entrepreneurs. Within the framework of this study, a methodological approach has been developed for comparing comparable indicators of the analysis of the use of state support for agriculture in the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District and correlating them with indicators characterizing the effectiveness of the use of these funds by indicators of federal and regional state support.

Authors: Kashchaev Igor Valentinovich, Kriulina Elena Nikolaevna