Яндекс.Метрика

Issue № 7, July 2019, article № 7

Foreign experience of innovative development of agricultural industries based on technology platforms

The relevance of the study is due to the fact that, to ensure the normal functioning of any sector of the economy, it must be provided with infrastructure, which is a set of institutions that provide participants with access to various resources, creating favorable conditions and providing a variety of services that reduce the total cost of obtaining the result of intellectual activity and its commercialization. It should be noted that since 70-80-ies ХХ century in technologically advanced countries, including the European Union, began to actively spread various forms of joint research aimed mainly at ensuring major technological breakthroughs. One of these institutional forms is technology platforms, which have been widely developed in the European Union, based on the development of innovative technologies and the strengthening of cooperation between science and industry, public authorities and society. Within the framework of the EU technology platforms, it became possible for the participants to: carry out research that could not be carried out independently due to significant costs and risks; distribute the costs of scientific research among the participants; unite the participants of scarce labor and material resources for the implementation and commercialization of scientific developments. Thus, European technology platforms (hereinafter, ETPs) are interested forums (platforms) uniting research organizations, business and government structures for the purpose of research and development, transfer of innovation and transfer of knowledge and, ultimately, the creation of new jobs and economic growth of the European Union. The aim of the study was to review the practical experience of the creation, development and activities of European technology platforms in the agricultural sector.

Issue № 7, July 2019, article № 10

Financial resources of agricultural organizations are an important part of agri-food policy

Financial resources have always occupied an important place in the economic mechanism of enterprises, while being a source of coverage, both current costs and purchased fixed assets. At the same time, for more dynamic development of agriculture, financial resources are not enough. There are several reasons for that. On the one hand, the growth of own sources is limited by the disparity of prices for the products sold, on the other hand, the availability and low cost of credit resources have not been ensured to date. State support, as a attracted source of financing, occupies a small share in the structure of sources of financing of agricultural organizations. The current system of withdrawal of part of the profits due to the disparity of prices for products sold and purchased means of production significantly limit the reproductive potential of agricultural organizations. The current system of lending, despite the positive changes, also do not contribute to the development of the reproductive function of agricultural organizations, not to mention the creation of new industries. In the developed countries of the world, credit issues contribute to both the availability of credit resources and the cheapening of the cost of finished products. It is obvious that in this regard, it is necessary to fully compensate the cost of credit resources by the state, increase their volume and availability.