COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF THE MATERIAL AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR THE PRODUCTION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, RAW MATERIALS AND FOOD IN THE UNION STATE

Issue № 7, 2024, article № 7, pages 68-75

Section: Material and technical base of the agro-industrial complex

Language: Russian

Original language title: СРАВНИТЕЛЬНАЯ ОЦЕНКА МАТЕРИАЛЬНО-ТЕХНИЧЕСКОГО ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЯ ПРОИЗВОДСТВА СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННОЙ ПРОДУКЦИИ, СЫРЬЯ И ПРОДОВОЛЬСТВИЯ В СОЮЗНОМ ГОСУДАРСТВЕ

Keywords: FOOD AVAILABILITY, PRICE INDEX, INFLATION, MODERNIZATION, FOOD SECURITY, SANCTIONS, THE UNION STATE, TECHNICAL POTENTIAL, ENERGY AVAILABILITY, ENERGY EQUIPMENT

Abstract: The article is devoted to the issues of ensuring food security in the Union State. By analyzing the structure of consumer spending, as well as studying the dynamics of the price index and real wages, the authors assess the level of food availability. The general trends of declining income purchasing power during the COVID-19 pandemic and increased sanctions pressure have been identified. Based on the analysis of the dynamics of consumption of basic food products per capita, the conclusions about the provision of the market with goods of its own production are substantiated. It is revealed that the main condition for the fulfillment of food security indicators is the use of modern technologies for the production of agricultural products, raw materials and food, the use of which requires a high level of logistical support. The authors determined that in the Union State there are multi-vector views on the modernization of technical potential, in particular in the Republic of Belarus these tasks are solved by updating the machine and tractor fleet with equipment of their own production, which does not always allow the use of intensive technologies for growing plants and keeping animals. On the other hand, in Russia, the use of Western high-performance equipment has increased labor productivity, but has led to dependence on imported supplies of specialized equipment.

Authors: Stavtsev Aleksandr Nikolaevich