Abstract
It was determined that urgent in the 21st century the problem of food security remains quite due to the dynamic of global and trade-integration processes, causing contradictions and asymmetries of economic development. These processes are rather ambiguous because they exert varying effects on countries, depending on the level of their economic development. Such imbalances have led to asymmetries in the development of the World market for agricultural products. It was noted that asymmetries in the agrarian market are a clear manifestation of imbalances in the World economy, which have arisen due to differences in the levels of economic development and the potential of individual regions and countries.The purpose of the work was to reveal the key characteristics and manifestations of the asymmetric development of the World market for agro-food products and to justify the mechanisms for achieving equilibrium. The purpose of the scientific research is to substantiate the impact of asymmetries on the World economic system, to determine their role in the development of the World agro-food market, their characteristics, to study the structure of the global market.The following methods of scientific research were used to achieve the goal and to solve the tasks of the article: system-structural analysis of economic processes and phenomena, method of quantitative and qualitative comparisons, tabular method of calculating the degree of influence. A review of the scientific literature was also conducted; the statistical reports and programs of development of global international institutions were analyzed; approaches to leveling the negative impact of asymmetries in the development of the agrarian market were determined.The scientific novelty of the obtained results is to study the World agro-food system, to identify and to structure the main asymmetries of development, the determinants of their deepening, to substantiate the directions of their overcoming.It is substantiated that among the main mechanisms of overcoming the asymmetric development of agro-food market the most effective one is the activity of international organizations, mainly concentrating on the development and implementation of local and global projects and programs. In order to overcome the threats and risks arising from the asymmetric development of the agri-food markets, it is advisable to create international initiatives to support the agricultural sectors and agricultural enterprises of various organizational and legal forms. An effective mechanism to counterbalance the negative impact of asymmetries is to reduce the inequalities in the economic development of individual regions and countries through the implementation of development programs.
Highlights
Modern dynamization of globalization and trade-integration processes is rather ambiguous, because it exerts different influence on countries, depending on the level of their economic development, as well as on different sectors of the economy
Due to the strengthening globalization processes and the dynamic development of the World agro-food market, the study and analysis of current trends, processes and asymmetries is quite relevant in order to justify the mechanisms of leveling their negative impact
World agri-food production World declined during 2013—2015, especially due to the respective processes in regions such as Europe, Asia and Africa. This is due to the strengthening of the position of South American countries in the World agro-food market
Summary
Modern dynamization of globalization and trade-integration processes is rather ambiguous, because it exerts different influence on countries, depending on the level of their economic development, as well as on different sectors of the economy. World agri-food production World declined during 2013—2015, especially due to the respective processes in regions such as Europe, Asia and Africa First of all, this is due to the strengthening of the position of South American countries in the World agro-food market. There are alo asymmetries in the development of the agri-food market from the side of exports and imports of agri-food products to different regions of the World. The Asian region ranks second after Europe in the import of agricultural products in the World Such positions are caused by the trade in agri-food products within the Asian region, due to the high level of demand for and consumption of this group of goods. The development of the World agri-food market is quite dynamic, so the emergence of certain asymmetries that are shaped by the increasing globalization processes is natural. Territorial asymmetry in the production and consumption of agri-food in the World
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