Amur region in the structure of soybean production of the Russian Federation

Abstract

Soybean is a unique oilseed crop of world importance, which has in its composition a high percentage of full-fledged protein, balanced with amino acids, fat and carbohydrates. Soybean is a universal agricultural crop of great food, fodder, technical and agrotechnical significance. In order to ensure the food security of each country and a world production as a whole, currently there goes a constant increase of the main indicators of the soybean market development. Russia has been a leader in soybean production for many years, being one of the top 10 producing countries. Dynamics analysis of the territorial structure of acreage, gross yields and soybean yields in Russia, the Far East and the Amur Region revealed the leading positions of the Amur Region in the country and within the Far Eastern Federal District. As of 2022, the Amur Region accounts for 69.2% of the acreage of the Far Eastern Federal District and 25.7% of the all- Russian acreage. The volume of gross soybean harvest in the Far East by more than 70% and by 27.6% in Russia is provided due to the production volumes of the Amur region. However, the analysis of the average yield of soybeans in the context of federal districts as of 2022 revealed the maximum yield level in the Southern Federal District - 20.4 centners /ha. In the Far Eastern Federal District, yields were lower than the national average by 0.8 centners /ha, which indicates the need for work to ensure the increase in the efficiency of soybean production technologies in the Russian Far East.