The role of the food market and interregional connections in the food supply of the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District

Issue № 8, 2024, article № 3, pages 25-33

Section: Agrarian policy: problems and decisions

Language: Russian

Original language title: РОЛЬ ПРОДОВОЛЬСТВЕННОГО РЫНКА И МЕЖРЕГИОНАЛЬНЫХ СВЯЗЕЙ В ПРОДОВОЛЬСТВЕННОМ ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИИ РЕГИОНОВ СЕВЕРО-КАВКАЗСКОГО ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОГО ОКРУГА

Keywords: REGION, FOOD MARKET, LEVEL OF SELF-SUFFICIENCY, IMPORT, EXPORT, INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION

Abstract: The economy of the North Caucasus Federal District is characterized by agro-industrial specialization and has a fairly high potential for agricultural production, but for a number of reasons the district does not become self-sufficient in providing the population with food products of its own production at the level of rational consumption standards. The main reasons are the low level of functioning of the regional food market, low incomes of the population, which does not allow meeting the needs for food (if they are physically accessible), and an insufficient level of economic accessibility. These and other shortcomings lead to structural changes in the balance of import-export of relevant products towards import and saturation of local markets with food from other areas and regions. In the district itself, the export of low-processed agricultural products and the import of highly processed food products predominate, which confirms the low level of development of processing industries. The purpose of the article is to determine the state of the food market and its role in providing the region with food, to establish the level of self-sufficiency of the regions of the district with food products and to study the possibility of developing interregional connections. The regions of the district differ in different parameters; not all of them can provide themselves with the necessary set of basic food products. In these conditions, it is important to establish mutually beneficial regional ties that will make it possible to fill the missing elements in the food supply and generally increase the level of food supply for the population of the region. The organization of interregional and intersectoral connections can be an important mechanism for regions that do not have the opportunity to attract public and private investment.

Authors: Batov Gumar KHasanovich