Диагностика условий пространственного размещения подотраслей животноводства на конкурентно-преимущественной платформе

Abstract

The paper considers the issues of spatial distribution of the livestock sub-sectors. In fact, the level of development of the livestock sub-sectors in the global economy determines both the level and life expectancy of the population and the total intellectual potential of the nation. The authors propose an algorithm for diagnosing the conditions of spatial arrangement of the agricultural production branches. The peculiarity of the proposed approach is the deep elaboration of the issue of internal zoning of the RF constituent entities. The algorithm includes the assessment of qualitative and quantitative indicators and allows identifying the level of the existing and potentially possible specialization of natural-economic zones. During the study, the authors identified the reserve opportunities of priority animal husbandry sub-sectors and the key problems hindering their development. The scientific abstraction method and the economic and statistical methods were the calculation and analytical tools. The authors developed the algorithm for diagnosing the spatial distribution of the livestock industries on a competitive-preferential platform based on the regional strategic planning documents. The proposed algorithm was tested on the example of the Rostov region as one of the major geostrategic near-border agricultural regions of Russia characterized by the significant distortions of the sectoral structure and a high level of export-oriented potential in the field of crop production. The results of the study allowed revealing the hidden strategic competitive advantages of individual natural and economic zones of the region in the production of main types of the livestock products. The study proved that the strategic competitive advantages of the livestock industry are largely determined by both the natural and climatic potential and the level of modern technologies application.