Dairy farming as a priority direction for unused land utilization

Issue № 4, 2020, article № 10, pages 89-102

Section: Economics of agribusiness sectors

Language: Russian

Original language title: МОЛОЧНОЕ СКОТОВОДСТВО КАК ПРИОРИТЕТНОЕ НАПРАВЛЕНИЕ ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЯ ЗЕМЕЛЬ, ВЫВЕДЕННЫХ ИЗ СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННОГО ПРОИЗВОДСТВА

Keywords: IMPORT SUBSTITUTION, DAIRY FARMING, DAIRY PRODUCTION, UNUSED AGRICULTURAL LAND, DIRECTIONS OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract: The article provides an analysis of the current state of production and consumption of dairy products in the subjects of the Russian Federation. The percentage of milk supply of national production, relative to the consumption rate recommended by the Ministry of Health, is currently less than 60‰. To ensure the food security of the Russian Federation and to fulfill the existing shortage of consumption, according to the authors, it is necessary to put back into use about 16 million hectares of arable land, which is quite feasible, given the presence of more than 30 million hectares of previously used arable land. The article also touches on the issue of import substitution of dairy products. About 18‰ of the total production is imported, where the main supplier is the Republic of Belarus. For import substitution of dairy products, given the existing solvent demand of the population and milk yield on average 4 tons per year, it will be necessary to increase the dairy herd by 1 million cows, and in order to provide them with fodder, given the achieved level of agricultural technology, about 3,3 million hectares of arable land needed for that.

Authors: Polunin Gennadii Andreevich, Alakoz Valerii Vladimirovich, CHerkashin Kirill Igorevich