Innovative Development Of The Agricultural Industry And National Food Security

Abstract

Innovation processes in the agricultural industry of Russia were analyzed; the relationship between the level of food supply and the innovation component in the agricultural sector was identified. The agricultural industry is characterized by low rates of equipment renewal, imperfect state regulation and support of the innovation environment. In order to intensify innovative activities in the agricultural sector, it is necessary to apply the experience of other countries and develop national technologies, taking into account peculiarities of the national food market. Internal threats to national food security due to weak development of innovative technologies in the agricultural sector were systematized. These threats are as follows: low quality reproduction which does not allow for satisfaction of changing needs for food products; high dependence on imported seeds, animal breeds, machinery and technologies; high physical and moral depreciation of fixed assets; high unit costs of food production and agricultural raw materials; undeveloped production and social infrastructure of rural areas. In order to fill the niches of the national market with domestic products, raw materials and food, it is necessary to create breeding and genetic centers, modern innovation infrastructure and renew fixed assets. The state food sovereignty can be achieved through innovative development of the national agricultural industry which determines efficiency and competitiveness of agricultural raw materials and food products.