DEVELOPMENT OF ARCTIC PROJECTS: ECONOMIC AVAILABILITY OF FOOD AND STAFFING IN THE AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

DOI 10.33305/222-18

Issue № 2, 2022, article № 3, pages 18-23

Section: Management and staffing

Language: Russian

Original language title: ОСВОЕНИЕ АРКТИЧЕСКИХ ПРОЕКТОВ: ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКАЯ ДОСТУПНОСТЬ ПРОДОВОЛЬСТВИЯ И КАДРОВОЕ ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЕ В АПК

Keywords: POPULATION DYNAMICS, ECONOMIC AVAILABILITY OF FOOD, AVERAGE PER CAPITA INCOME, COST OF CONDITIONAL (MINIMUM) SET OF FOOD PRODUCTS, ECONOMY OF THE ARCTIC ZONE

Abstract: The Arctic is becoming the most important sector of the Russian economy, having a synergistic effect on its growth rate. It should be noted that the development of new mineral deposits, the creation of transport infrastructure in extreme climatic conditions, including the development of the Northern Sea Route, is impossible without a thoughtful and balanced personnel policy. It should be taken into account the fact that according to sociological surveys, over 40% of residents would like to change their place of residence from the European north to the more southern regions. The severity of the problem is also aggravated by the fact that in previous years there has been an intensive outflow of the population for thirty years, at the level of 1% per year. Analytical evidence shows that among the reasons the most important factor influencing the negative trend is a decrease in the level of economic availability of food. Practice shows that in order to solve the problem, along with improving the logistical channels of food supply to the north, it is necessary to return to the experience of supporting agricultural production on the spot. Such a measure will provide high-quality food to unprotected segments of the population, on the one hand, and on the other, create competition, and reduce the monopoly influence of suppliers on the formation of market prices. Unfortunately, it should be recognized that the modern mechanism for managing the industry not only does not solve such a problem, but also deliberately puts agricultural producers of the north in worse conditions. Note that, for example, in the EU countries, on the contrary, support for agricultural enterprises operating in difficult climatic conditions is provided in an increased amount. Moreover, the procedure used by us for calculating northern allowances as an instrument of economic management, borrowed from the practice of the Soviet period, on the contrary, extinguishes entrepreneurial activity. Therefore, making adjustments to the current methods of managing agricultural production in the north will solve the problem of economic accessibility of food, and thereby contribute to resolving the personnel issue in the Arctic zone, which is of exceptional importance for the Russian economy as a whole.

Authors: Semiashkin Grigorii Mikhailovich