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Economic issues of agricultural development of Belarus

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No 47 (2019)
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5-16 123
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A considerable part of large agricultural enterprises of the republic is in a critical financial position, insolvency gets or has steady characteristic. One of effective instruments of financial improvement is leasing of the enterprises as property complexes.The article considers a promising organizational and economic model for the creation and effective functioning of farms on the basis of unprofitable and insolvent enterprises.

17-25 306
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The key tendencies of foreign trade of Belarus, the geographical and commodity structure of exports of agricultural raw materials and food are considered in the article. Government policy documents and identified key priorities for export potential, which are considered in them are analyzed. The conditions for supporting the export of agricultural goods and food in the context of interstate cooperation due to the formation of the EEU were studied. It has been determined that compliance with these conditions will contribute to the balance, sustainability and effectiveness of the realization of export potential of agricultural and food products of the Republic of Belarus.

26-31 166
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The theoretical foundations of resource saving, current deficiencies in the organizational and economic mechanism for resource saving in the Republic of Belarus are considered in the article. Methodological approaches for determining the actual and regulatory material consumption levels of agricultural products are developed and ways to improve the organizational and economic provision for efficient resource saving in the Republic of Belarus are suggested.

32-43 183
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The package of measures and actions for efficiency and competitiveness increase of production of corn grain in the Republic of Belarus is offered in the article which includes the complex analysis of the key productive and economic indicators of cultivation of corn on grain in the Republic of Belarus; the system analysis of dynamics of the major organizational and economic and technology factors of corn on grain cultivation; comparative assessment of the major organizational and economic and technology factors of corn on grain cultivation in a section of regions; justification of standard criteria and thresholds of effective cultivation of corn on grain.

44-48 93
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Property valuation allows you to balance the structure of the company’s assets, to put things in order in depreciation and optimize the structure of production cost. At the same time, it contributes to the optimization of the management system and application success of modern methods of financial management in the reorganization (restructuring) of production. Valuation of property is one of the stages of the anti-crisis management procedure, which in turn is designed to ensure the effective functioning of the enterprise.

49-56 155
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The evolution of theoretical studies in the field of integration is considered, the factors that both contribute to the development and deepening of this process and which hinder it are identified in the article. The stages of trade and economic integration are studied, their characteristics are determined. The consequences obtained during this process are identified and characterized. It is also determined that trade and economic integration is one of the most important prerequisites for expanding the diversification of export supplies.

57-65 246
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The necessity to improve the placement and specialization of industries of meat and dairy cattle breeding to ensure favorable conditions for the effective development of the domestic Agro-industrial Complex is shown in the article. A comparative analysis of the course of these processes in various branches of livestock production and their individual elements, as well as indicators and criteria for evaluating the efficiency of placement and specialization of cattle breeding industries are given.

66-75 125
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The goal, objectives, indicators and algorithm of the methodology for evaluating effectiveness of agrochemical support of agricultural producers on the basis of transactions are presented in the article. The main stages of transactions effectiveness, including assessment supply and demand, the calculation of transaction costs, the rationale for the expediency of the transaction, the choice of the most profitable option are determed. Methodological principles are formulated and the need to use dynamic indicators of the economic efficiency of transactions is justified.

76-83 128
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The agriculture of the Republic of Belarus has a number of features that must be considered determining the strategic directions of development. The key feature is the quality of the agricultural products that highly dependent on the observance of scientific agricultural technologies and also requires material support. In such conditions, the problem of food security ensuring is complex, the decisive importance in the solution of which belongs to science and technology development. In this regard, the article provides a brief analysis of Agro-Industrial Complex state of the Republic of Belarus, the main threats that may be exacerbated in the future, and also made recommendations for overcoming them are identified.

84-95 111
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The tools to ensure the strengthening of the national agro-food system are systematized in the article. The objective necessities to create end-to-end food cooperative and integrative cluster structures were actualized. Then the model of agro-food cluster formation was offered. As a result, the factors that contribute and hinder the formation of clusters were identified, as well as the priorities of their development for the following product groups: milk and dairy products; meat and meat products; grain and bread products.

96-109 138
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The results of comparative efficiency assessment of production and sale of sugar beet in agricultural organizations of beet-growing regions of the republic according to the system of proposed criteria and indicators are presented in the article. The factors that determine the level of comparative production efficiency of sugar beet are revealed. The groups of beet-growing areas are distinguished by the level of achieved relative economic advantages in sugar beet growing. The directions of perspective development of the branch in regions are substantiated.

110-118 166
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The research results of tendencies of the world meat market in aspect of production and consumption of meat by types and on regions are presented. Modern consumer expectations in the conditions of the saturated market and high level of consumption are researched and systematized, perspective directions of market development are defined.

119-127 195
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The article summarizes the most common indicators for assessing foreign trade used in world practice, taking into account the criteria for determining the advantages and disadvantages of the domestic Agro-Industrial Copmlex participating in world trade in products types. A special place in the system of analysis of the effectiveness of foreign trade is occupied by indices, characterized by features, which are their calculations for export and import, taking into account differences in dynamics and structure.

128-136 152
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The identified features of cadastral valuation of agricultural land in Moldova, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia, which is carried out at the state level in the presence of high-quality planning and cartographic material with frequency of every five years is the basis for taxation, land market analysis, land management.

137-146 112
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The background and dynamics of regional trade integration development are considered. It has been established that the role of mutual trade in the framework of regional economic agreements based on preferential tariff and non-tariff measures is increasing in the global agri-food market. The dynamics of mutual trade of Belarus and the EEU countries in the agrarian sector is presented. Special attention is paid to trade negotiations that Belarus participates for diversification of foreign trade in the field of Agro- Industrial Complex.

147-173 160
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The scientific methodology to improve the regulation of the sales system of Agro-Industrial Complex, based on state regulation models of economic activity is proposed in the article. The methodological foundations (goals, objectives, factors, principles) are substantiated and the directions of economic regulation of the marketing system for agricultural products are classified. A strategy has been developed for the development of food markets at the national and regional levels, taking into account the main provisions of the Doctrine of the National Food Security of the Republic of Belarus until 2030.

174-183 118
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The experience of creating and shaping the logistics infrastructure of the member states of the Eurasian Economic Union is summarized in the article. The analysis of the functioning of transport and logistics system was carried out, the main regulatory and legal acts of their work were systematized and problems and development trends were identified. The main information technologies used in the agrologistical sphere of the countries are presented, the directions of their expansion are grounded.

184-191 318
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Price disparity causes in the agricultural sector and approaches to maintaining parity of agriculture and ensuring parity of prices for agricultural products in foreign countries are examined in the article.

192-201 114
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Based on a study of the theoretical and practical bases in the field of state support measures for agricultural producers, the article presents a generalized mechanism for the formation and implementation of state policy in this area.

202-212 138
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The definition of a concept «product company» is formulated in the article. It is noted that formation of powerful national product companies is the prevailing trend of unifying processes in grocery subcomplexes. Factors of creation and successful functioning of product companies are considered. The organizational and economic mechanism of functioning of product company (holding type) with participation of the agricultural organizations is presented.

213-223 161
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The analysis of situation and medium-term trends in milk and dairy products global market is presented in the article. The current trends, forecast estimates and development prospects of this segment of the global food market are considered. Special attention is paid to the state of the milk and dairy products market in the Republic of Belarus: production indicators, consumption and foreign trade are given and the possibilities for export development of dairy products are identified.

224-235 140
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The importance of the Internet system in the communication activities of companies-producers of food products was justified in this article; the experience of using Internet technologies in the promotion of food products was summarized; analysis of the main directions and tools of Internet promotion to domestic and foreign markets was carried out.

236-246 263
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Trends in the level of wages in agricultural organizations, approaches to the formation of motivational mechanisms have been investigated and their peculiarities have been revealed. It has been established that an inefficient system of labor motivation causes a high staff turnover, especially young professionals. In this regard, the question of finding ways to enhance labor motivation in the agricultural sector has been updated, directions for improving the procedure for remuneration of labor based on the principle of maximizing gross income have been proposed.

247-254 97
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The system of quality and safety monitoring of agricultural products in the Republic of Belarus has been investigated. Taking into account multilevel and multi-dimensional aspects the features of organization and functioning of this process has been identified.

255-267 314
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A brief description of the regulatory and legal framework for innovation in the Republic of Belarus and the countries of the Eurasian Economic Union is given, both at the national and international levels. The directions for improving the formation and presentation of statistical information on innovation activities in Belarus and the EEU are proposed. The most important principles of state support of innovation are highlighted. In the perspective plan, target indicators of the strategy of innovative development of the Republic of Belarus are analyzed.

268-280 162
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The ecological balance essence of agricultural production as a state and functioning of agricultural organizations in the conditions of the increasing technogenic load of the environment in combination with the legal, economic, technological and nature protective norms preventing negative consequences of agricultural production for life and human health and also for the environment is disclosed.

281-290 97
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The results of analysis trends of development of organic products world market are given in the article. The relevance, prerequisites and strategic advantages of development and implementation of the criteria of production, processing, marking and selling of organic products coordinated at the international level are investigated. The analysis of opportunities and prospects of Belarus for inclusion in the international control system of organic products quality which will allow to create basic conditions for production and market infrastructure development is made.

291-299 160
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The way of process transformation of investment risks identification and innovative activity by map development of their interconditionality is presented in the article. It allows to reveal potential risks and also to visually estimate influence of some risks on emergence of others. Besides, the author systematized within certain methods by the principle of the attitude of the investor towards risk the main measures of risk management of investment and innovative activity allowing to reduce risk level or to minimize its negative consequences for implementation of effective development of managing subjects of Agro-Industrial Complex.

300-309 203
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Farms contribute to the development of agricultural production and also play an important role in solving problem of employment in rural areas. The problems of farms development in the Republic of Belarus are examined and on the basis of the analysis of foreign experience the main directions of their further development are determined in the article.

310-324 155
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The most acute problems in the food sector of China are discussed in the article. The comparison of food security state in China with developed and developing countries is made. The export and imports dynamics of wheat, corn, milk powder, pork to China is analyzed. The main reasons for the implementation and direction of the implementation of the «One Belt, One Road» Initiative by China are studied. Based on the research data, the directions of cooperation of the Republic of Belarus and the PRC in the agrifood sector were identified.



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