ТЕОРЕТИЧНІ ПІДХОДИ ЩОДО ВИЗНАЧЕННЯ СУТНОСТІ ТА ОСОБЛИВОСТІ ОЦІНКИ ЯКОСТІ СІЛЬСЬКОГОСПОДАРСЬКОЇ ПРОДУКЦІЇ

Abstract

Quality agricultural products are a decisive factor in improving living standards and demonstrate economic, social and environmental security for society. Production of quality agricultural products is important to ensure food security of the country and the world. To increase the efficiency of agricultural enterprises it is necessary to control the level of quality of agricultural products at all stages of its production for timely management decisions in order to reduce quality costs. Production of agricultural products in modern conditions requires a clear understanding of the concept of "quality" of products, methods of assessing product quality, factors of formation and quality assurance of agricultural products. Most quality categories are recognized by international and national organizations. At the same time, most definitions of "quality" are given by scholars, economists and philosophers, as an attempt to reveal the essence of the concept of "quality" and provide an alternative understanding of this concept. At present, in the domestic practice of assessing the quality of agricultural products in agricultural enterprises, due attention is not paid to the indicators of usefulness of products, their environmental friendliness. Preference is given to transportability, aesthetic and organoleptic indicators. The quality of agricultural products is the result of quality control at all stages of production: market research, product development, production, transportation, storage and sale. At all these stages, product quality requires control and audit. The article analyzes the scientific opinion on the essence of the concept of quality, considers the definition of the concept of quality of agricultural products by prominent agricultural scientists. The authors propose a definition of the concept of agricultural product quality. Different approaches to determining the main indicators of agricultural product quality are considered and the classification of methods for assessing its quality is systematized.