Продовольственные отходы в социальных учреждениях: потери средств бюджетного финансирования

Abstract

Circular agriculture considered as one of the forms of sustainable development of the agricultural sector. The essence of the proposed new approach in agriculture based on the reduction of agricultural waste and the ability to use a closed production cycle to increase economic, social and environmental efficiency. The author has previously developed an experimental business model for the circular economy of agriculture and the agri-food system using the example of the Komi Republic. The study revealed that the main problem inherent in the circular economy of agriculture, as the disposal of animal waste, is absent in the region. Taking into account the peculiarities of the region, other significant problems were found: the disposal of containers from food imported from other regions and the amount of discarded food purchased for state social institutions under Federal Law No. 44 «On the contract system in the field of procurement of goods, works, services to meet state and municipal needs». Based on surveys, it was revealed that in social institutions where free meals provided at the expense of the republican budget, the amount of food thrown away by students and patients ranges from 25 to 60%. The scientific novelty of the work lies in the fact that for the Republic of Komi, for the first time, the losses of budget funds allocated for free meals in public institutions in the context of municipalities of the region were calculated. The article calculates the losses of budget funding from discarded food (food) in the areas of education, social protection and healthcare for 2017-2022. The calculations based on the data of requests, both to the relevant ministries of the Komi Republic, and to the administration of municipalities of urban districts and municipal districts. It is revealed that the loss of budget funding due to discarded food for 2017-2022 range from 1024.3 to 3073 million rubles. The practical significance of the introduction of this model in the regional economy of the republic will ensure a reduction in food losses, a decrease in the formation of food and non-food waste, which will increase the level of self-sufficiency in basic foodstuffs, the rational use of resources in the agricultural sector and the effective use of budgetary funds.