State support as a factor in the development of potato and vegetable grow-ing in the open ground

Issue № 6, 2024, article № 8, pages 69-76

Language: Russian

Original language title: ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ ПОДДЕРЖКА КАК ФАКТОР РАЗВИТИЯ КАРТОФЕЛЕВОДСТВА И ОВОЩЕВОДСТВА ОТКРЫТОГО ГРУНТА

Keywords: POTATO GROWING, VEGETABLE GROWING, PROFITABILITY, STATE SUPPORT, STORAGE, COOPERATION, SPECIALIZATION, TAMBOV REGION

Abstract: The article examines the development trends and profitability of potato and open-ground vegetable growing in the Tambov region, substantiates the main directions of their development based on improving state support. The climatic and economic conditions of the region are quite favorable for the development of industrial potato and vegetable growing in the open ground. However, over the years of the implementation of the State Program for the Development of agriculture, potato production in the region decreased by 2,996 thousand tons, or 49.1%, and outdoor vegetables – by 416 thousand tons, or 33.4.8%. The decline in production is due to the low level of government support. Budget support for potato production amounts to 0.2%, vegetable production – 0.04% of total subsidies for crop production, and in relation to production costs - 0.4% and 0.7%, respectively. The implementation of the regional project "Development of vegetable and potato growing industries", which provides for an increase in budget support for open–ground vegetable growing by 12.5 times, potato growing by 8.2 times, will increase the production of vegetables and potatoes in agricultural organizations and farms. However, the budget allocations provided will not allow these industries to be transferred to an innovative basis. The further development of potato and open-ground vegetable growing will be facilitated by increasing and improving the mechanism of state support, the widespread use of innovative technologies for cultivating potatoes and vegetable crops, strengthening the storage base of products in places of production with budget support, the creation of agricultural consumer cooperatives for the storage and sale of potatoes and vegetables, the organization of specialized vegetable farms.

Authors: Kulikov Aleksei Nikolaevich, Minakov Ivan Alekseevich