ON MEASURES OF STATE SUPPORT FOR AGRICULTURE IN RUSSIA IN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Issue № 10, 2024, article № 4, pages 37-47

Section: Investment and innovation in agriculture

Language: Russian

Original language title: О МЕРАХ ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЙ ПОДДЕРЖКИ СЕЛЬСКОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА РОССИИ В УСЛОВИЯХ ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЯ ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО СУВЕРЕНИТЕТА

Keywords: GOVERNMENT SUPPORT, ORGANIZATIONAL AND ECONOMIC MECHANISM, AGRICULTURE, SUBSIDIES, TECHNOLOGICAL SOVEREIGNTY, EFFICIENCY

Abstract: The article is devoted to the study of measures of state support for agriculture in modern conditions. It is noted that systematic state support for the agricultural sector in Russia began with the implementation of the State Program for the development of agriculture. Currently, there is a whole range of mechanisms of support the agricultural sector, and the state is increasing the volume of financing for agriculture every year. Despite this, there is a tendency to decrease the level of profitability, which is associated with an increase in the costs of agricultural producers due to high import dependence. In this regard, one of the central issues in the near future is the need to ensure the technological sovereignty of the country. The analysis of the structure of the State Program showed that the main share of funding is directed to three federal projects: "Stimulation of investment activity in the agro-industrial complex", "Development of industries and technical modernization of the agro-industrial complex", "Export of agricultural products". At the same time, the significant share of financing is accounted for by the implementation of preferential lending and preferential leasing mechanisms (about 60%), and budget transfers to producers account for only about 30% of the financing volume of the State Program. The analysis of the dynamics of the volume of state support and the assessment of its effectiveness based on relative indicators (the ratio of the amount of subsidies received to the gross output produced, the number of people employed in the agricultural sector, and the balanced financial result) revealed the subjects of the country demonstrating the greatest effectiveness: Belgorod, Kursk, Lipetsk, Bryansk and Rostov regions, Krasnodar Territory. It is noted that, taking into account the changing conditions of the functioning of the agricultural sector of the economy due to external and internal factors, it is necessary to update key regulatory legal acts defining the main directions of agri-food policy in the country.

Authors: Avdeev Mikhail Viktorovich