Development of crop production in farms: past, present, future

Abstract

The article deals with the study of the development of crop production in the farms of Lviv region. At the same time, considerable attention is focused on the important components of the functioning of any socio-economic phenomenon: past, present, future. Within this famous triad, we will analyze the activity of Lviv farmers during 2005–2016, because it is the time factor that determines the processes of functioning of any forms of management in agricultural production, an important part of which is farming. As a result of the research, it was established that the number of farms in the Lviv region is decreasing, but land is increasing, that is, there are processes of concentrating agricultural production in some farms and reducing them in others. These changes are objective and regular in nature and will take place in the future. Of particular interest are agricultural production data for farms in Lviv Oblast, whose volumes have a strong upward trend over the period under investigation. However, when analyzing the output figures in terms of the main branches of agriculture, there are some discontinuation processes – crop production is increasing, and animal husbandry – on the contrary, starting from 2010, they tend to decrease. During the research period there were some changes in the indicators of the structure of manufactured products in the sectoral section. So, let's say, when in 2005 crop production accounted for 63.8% of the total output of farm products, then in 2010 this figure dropped to 33.2%. In subsequent years there was an increase in the share of crop production, but this increase did not achieve the achieved level of 2005. The detailed analysis of the indices of production of agricultural crops by farmers by farmers, their yields, volumes of sales of crop production and their effectiveness give grounds to assert that positive developments have been made in this area. However, on the other hand, although farms have achieved some success in their activities, but the available resources are not fully used to improve the efficiency of farm households. These problems, both in modern conditions and for the future, should be solved in the complex: increasing the efficiency of the activity of farmers, on the one hand, and providing them with effective state support, on the other.