STATE SUPPORT OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AS A FACTOR IN OVERCOMING THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE PANDEMIC

Issue № 8, 2023, article № 2, pages 15-26

Section: Agricultural policy and state regulation of the agro-industrial complex

Language: Russian

Original language title: ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ ПОДДЕРЖКА АГРАРНОГО СЕКТОРА КАК ФАКТОР ПРЕОДОЛЕНИЯ ПОСЛЕДСТВИЙ ПАНДЕМИИ

Keywords: AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRI-FOOD MARKETS, GOVERNMENT REGULATION, AGRI-FOOD PRODUCTS, RUSSIA, FOREIGN COUNTRIES, PANDEMIC, CORONAVIRUS

Abstract: Disease outbreaks and global pandemics pose the greatest threat to humanity and the sustainability of global economic development. In 2019, the world faced a pandemic caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19). Given the extraordinary nature of the situation associated with the need to overcome the consequences of the pandemic, Governments have taken measures to support both the population and the economy of their countries as a whole. The main measures limiting the spread of the virus included social distancing, self-isolation of the population and travel restrictions. All these measures to combat the pandemic have had a significant impact on the main sectors of the economy, including the agricultural sector. Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy that ensures the country's food security. Social and economic constraints during the COVID-19 pandemic created disruptions in the food supply chain on the world market, leading to disruption in the production and distribution of agri-food products, exacerbating the shortage of labor and resources. As part of the implementation of measures to overcome the consequences of the pandemic, countries provided state support to producers of agri-food products, a number of countries imposed restrictions on food exports in order to support domestic producers. The article examines the effects of the COVID-19 virus on food systems, provides mechanisms of state support for producers of agri-food products during the coronavirus pandemic. The assessment of the state of the Russian agricultural sector in the conditions of a pandemic is given, the measures taken by the government to protect domestic agriculture in the conditions of COVID-19 are considered. Special attention is paid to the mechanisms of state support of agriculture in different countries of the world. The crisis associated with overcoming the consequences of the pandemic proved the need for additional measures of state support for the agricultural sector, including through direct financing of producers of agricultural products

Authors: Prokhorenko Oksana Sergeevna