Agriculture is a major sector of the Russian economy that is in great need of risk management and insurance is a means of its implementation. However, modern agricultural insurance products are not effective enough and need to be improved. The author of the article puts forward the assumption that the one of the reasons can be found in the insufficient agricultural training of insurance specialists graduating from higher education organizations. The basic principle of the study was the dependence of the degree of development of the insurance school on the activities of these educational organizations in relation to the general state of the insurance industry, as well as the correlation of the predicted possibility of developing effective insurance products by the specialists of insurance companies and their educational level. In the course of the study, six higher education organizations that form the Russian insurance school were expertly identified by the author; analyzed their educational programs in the field of insurance for the presence in them of elements of training in agricultural insurance skills. The study showed that in these educational organizations, the agrarian direction in teaching insurance is practically not represented. As suggestions based on the results of the study, it is proposed to revise the programs of the above educational organizations in the direction of increasing the share of training in the basics of agricultural insurance, as well as the introduction of insurance cases in the programs of educational organizations of higher education with an agricultural orientation. The results obtained in the course of the study, and the proposals corresponding to them, are of scientific and practical importance for the development of two sectors of the Russian economy at the same time - agrarian and insurance.
The article considers the author's methodology for assessing the sustainability of the development of the crop industry. The main indicator for the assessment was the yield of agricultural crops as an independent variable correlating with indicators for all types of sustainability. The derived regression equations for selected crops in the Russian Federation show an increase in yield over the analyzed period for all crops except flax-dolgunets. In some regions, there is also a decrease in crop yields. The coefficient of stability of changes is the lowest in the yield of rye and sugar beet. Coefficients characterizing relative oscillability, stability of levels of a number of dynamics, trend stability, stability of changes were calculated. The proposed method will make it possible to calculate the point forecast of crop production production taking into account fluctuations, to determine confidence intervals for calculating the risks of deviations from the trend and safety stock to overcome this risk. To assess the sustainability of the crop industry as a whole, it is possible to use the Hurwitz criterion.
The Stavropol Territory is one of the largest grain producers in Russia, where its per capita average in 2021 amounted to 2.32 tons/person, including 2.43 tons/person winter wheat. The success of the grain industry in the Stavropol Territory depends on a number of factors, including the nature of the political situation, state reforms, and is also largely determined by weather conditions, the volume of use of fertilizers, the ratio of grain prices and material and technical resources, etc. Thus, the greatest losses of the grain industry are associated with the Great Patriotic War, as a result of which the region received less than 9.1 million tons of grain in the period 1942-1955. Subsequently, significant damage to grain production was caused by the economic reform of the 90s, the total losses of which for 1994-2000 amounted to 7.1 million tons. Grain shortage associated with the revolution and civil war (1918-1931), it was estimated at 4.4 million tons, i.e. the negative consequences of the ill-conceived state reform in the Stavropol Territory were only 22% less than from the war with Nazi Germany and 61.4% more than as a result of the revolution and civil war. In the Stavropol Territory, with an increase in grain grain yields from 19.5 c/ha in 1981-1985, 26.2 c/ha in 1991-1995. to 37.2 c/ha in 2021, there is a sharp decrease in the profitability of grain production, which over the past thirty years has decreased from 142% in 1991 to 18-20% in 2005 and 2010. and seeks to 30% level in 2022. The main reason for the decline in the efficiency of the industry is the disparity of prices for grain and material and technical resources. This leads to the ruin of small farmers, the threat of curtailing grain production, and therefore food security, since it is the grain farm that is the leading factor in its provision, reducing the threat to Russian national security. To optimize the situation in the grain industry, it is necessary to adopt operational measures of state regulation, increase state support, establish equivalent prices that ensure expanded reproduction, modernization of the grain industry, including technical and technological, environmental and other aspects.
In the conditions of high interregional and intra-regional differentiation of rural territories of Russia in terms of socio-economic development, there is a need for their grouping in similar characteristics in order to develop and justify public administration measures in the context of the allocated typological groups. A methodological approach to the typologization of rural areas by the level of inclusive development has been proposed. The inclusive approach to the assessment and grouping of rural areas makes it possible to develop effective measures to implement state policy in the field of development of rural territories aimed at eliminating the inequality of the level of life and quality of life of the rural population in different regions and rural settlements. The author’s algorithm for the typologization of rural territories of the regions of Russia is presented on the basis of indicative indicators of inclusive development, united in four blocks: “growth and development”, “economic inclusion”, “continuity of generations and sustainability of development”, “social inclusion”. Indicative indicators and piendexes for four inclusive development of rural territories for 82 constituent entities of the Russian Federation for 2020 are calculated. Based on the regional values of the income development of inclusive development, the typologization of the rural territories of the regions of Russia was carried out. As a result, eight types of rural territories have similar characteristics in terms of inclusive development, as well as recommendations for the further development of these types of rural areas were distinguished.
The article reveals key problems in such areas of the rural economy as employment, incomes of the rural population and the infrastructure of rural areas. The main flaws of the current sectoral and intersectoral programs for the development of certain areas of the rural economy are identified. The sociological survey method was used to diagnose areas of employment and income, to identify problems and priority ways of the development of rural infrastructure, and to determine the most important for increasing of the rural population subjective life quality component types of infrastructure. Scientific and methodological provisions are also proposed to improve the mechanisms for increasing employment and incomes of the rural population, which consist in increasing the production of high-quality agricultural products and, basing on it, creating new highly productive jobs; development of the social infrastructure of the rural area, taking into account the science-based activities of local governments to attract and effectively use investment resources; creation in rural settlements a network of strongholds and agglomerations as regional centers of economic growth and points of advanced development; involvement of young people in the composition of the employed population through subsidizing internships and employment of graduates, the development of regional youth programs "Promotion of youth employment"; creation of new effective jobs, expansion of self-employment of the population, etc. Scientific and methodological provisions have been elaborated for the development of the infrastructure of rural settlements as a mechanism of the rural population life quality improvement, among which is the selection of the objective and subjective impact of infrastructure on the quality of life, the need for feedback in programs aimed at improving the quality of life, the introduction of the development of the necessary infrastructure as a separate task in the development state and departmental programs, revision of the systems of target indicators of the above programs in favor of reflecting the real state of affairs, etc.
In this work, an overview of literature associated with current information and communication technologies in agriculture within a window of 20 years using bibliometric tools enabled to detect of the structure and dynamics of scientific papers in the post-Soviet States. Five main areas of research in scientific papers have been identified: precision agriculture, remote sensing, GIS, digital agriculture and IoT. The paper shows the results of the analysis of articles and presents the current features and main trends in the development of research. We have identified three periods that reveal trends in the study of current ICT in agriculture. The first period represents the initial stage in the study of precision agriculture and its technologies, as well as the development of approaches to justify efficiency. The second period is characterized by active development of technologies for parallel driving, precise application of nutrients based on remote sensing data and the use of geoinformation systems, increased attention is paid to the training and retraining of specialists for the agriculture. The third period is characterized by a focus on the study and application of the Internet of Things, unmanned aerial vehicles and complexes, machine learning methods and, of course, an active discussion of digitalization, digital transformation, and socio-ecological and economic processes.
The article presents the forecast of the main types of agricultural products production in Russia in 2023, covered over 80% of the gross agricultural output in value terms. The forecast made in line with the methodology developed in FSBSI FRC VNIIESH, which takes into account random weather and agrotechnical factors: winter cereals crops conditions, the dynamics of plow land plowing, the application of mineral fertilizers, the availability of tractors and combine harvesters. The impact of a decrease in the supply of imported agricultural machinery on crop production in medium terms is analyzed. The crop production forecast was carried out for three scenarios of random factors implementation: favorable, medium, unfavorable. In animal husbandry, one scenario is calculated for an average year. The basis for determining the year favorableness degree was the grain crops yield. According to our estimates, in 2023 we should expect the implementation of an average weather year with grain production in the amount of 128 million tons (73% probability), a favorable year - 140 million tons (17.4%), an unfavorable year - 91 million tons (8.7%).
This paper analyzes the current forms of state support for agricultural producers in Russia and evaluates their effectiveness. In connection with the changed economic circumstances, the existing measures of state support for the agri-food sector in Russia need to be rethought. The problems that need to be faced with the help of changes in the state support system include: revitalizing of effective demand; rising costs for agricultural producers; decrease in investment activity; slow introduction of innovations; shortage of qualified personnel in the field of genetics, breeding and other breakthrough areas; low efficiency of a number of support programs; fluctuations in interest rates; difficulty for small business to participate in programs. The introduction of measures aimed at overcoming bottlenecks will improve the efficiency of state support for the agrifood sector as a whole.
The purpose of the paper is to study the patterns of price formation for one of the basic types of food products - fish products. This will improve understanding of the impact of prices on a key element of food security - affordability. For analysis, we decompose price movements into basic components: trend volatility, explained by long-term factors, and short-term volatility, which goes beyond the fluctuations explained by the trend. The study showed that the increase in prices for fish products, which outstripped the general food inflation, led to a noticeable reduction in their consumption. This means that an important social goal of the fisheries activity, which is to ensure the availability of fish products, has not been achieved. Prices for fish products in the Russian Federation are not only growing at a rate that outpaces the general food inflation, but are also highly unstable, which can be interpreted as a threat to the country's food security. The study of the dynamics of prices for a mass fish product - frozen cut fish showed a close relationship between the demand (consumption) of this product and its price; cyclical price changes along with its exponential growth; an increase in the spread of price changes relative to the trend. These features are a serious challenge to food security. While the domestic fishery as a whole provides the country with fish products, the problem of low availability of fish for consumers has not yet been resolved.
In the article the motivation research is presented as a tool for overcoming imbalances in the agricultural labor market. The necessity of adjustments in the human resource management system regarding the nature of understanding, function, purpose and method of application of traditional methods of labor motivation is revealed. It is proved that the concept of "motivation" is aimed at purposeful behavior to achieve the desired goals and results of the company's activities, originating from sources in/outside the personality. The directions of goal-setting in the field of labor motivation have been formed. It is assumed that in the long term, high wages do not contribute to labor productivity, but need to be structured based on the importance, relevance and productivity of work, individual results and special advantages. In theoretical terms, it is determined that "stimulation" provides for the influence on the employee's work activity by creating personally significant conditions of the work situation, which contains an incentive from the outside and structural components of the work situation. The key directions for the development and implementation of a motivational system at the agro-industrial complex enterprise are highlighted, including social diagnostics at the enterprise, calculation of financial costs for the introduction of a system of motivation and stimulation of personnel, detailed informing of personnel about the evaluation system and methods of accrual of bonuses and penalties, launching and testing the system based on the results of comparing costs and profits at the enterprise. The directions of rational management of human resources, the main factors of motivation, the system of incentives and motivations in the modern labor market of the agro-industrial complex are systematized.