The problem of providing the population of fruit and berry products and solutions to them

Issue № 12, 2017, article № 7, pages 66-76

Language: Russian

Original language title: ПРОБЛЕМЫ ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЯ НАСЕЛЕНИЯ СТРАНЫ ПЛОДОВО-ЯГОДНОЙ ПРОДУКЦИЕЙ И ПУТИ ИХ РЕШЕНИЯ

Keywords: GARDENING, SELF-SUFFICIENCY, ECONOMIC AND PHYSICAL ACCESSIBILITY OF FOOD, GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, SPECIALIZATION, INTENSIFICATION, AGRO-INDUSTRIAL INTEGRATION, RUSSIA

Abstract: The acute problem of providing the population of Russia of fruit and berry products. The actual consumption of fruit is 62 kg per capita per year at scientifically determined norm of 100 kg. In the food basket of Russians the share of imported fruits is 72.2 per cent. Import fruit for 2000-2016. increased from 5.7 to 6.5 million tons In the article the analysis of development of horticulture in the Russian Federation. For the analyzed period the gross yield of fruits increased from 10.8 to 16.3 million tones as a result of increasing yields while reducing the area of fruit and berry crops. The main fruit producers are households. In 2016, their share accounted for 74.4‰ of the gross harvest of fruits and berries. Justified by the volume of fruit production and the main directions of its increase. To ensure that the population of fruit on the rational nutritional standards, their production must be brought to 10320 thousand tons (excluding grapes and fruit not grown in our country). The area of orchards and berry plantations should be increased from 517 to 895 thousand hectares, including area in Mature, fruit bearing age from 410 to 760 thousand hectares. Expansion of fruit production will contribute to the improvement of the state support of gardening and the increase in its size, its concentration in specialized farms, the revival of industrial horticulture, intensification of the industry, the development of agro-industrial integration. The proposed mechanism of regulation of production and economic relations between participants of the integration.

Authors: Kulikov Ivan Mikhailovich, Minakov Ivan Alekseevich