Insurance of agricultural products with state support in Ukraine: state, problems and prospects of development

Abstract

The purpose of the research is to substantiate the laws of development of agricultural insurance with state support in Ukraine, and provide a set of practical recommendations for implementation of insurance mechanisms for financial support of agriculture. Methodology. The theoretical and methodological basis of the research are the dialectical method of knowledge of economic processes, the fundamental provisions of modern economic theory, scientific works domestic and foreign scientists on economic relations between participants of the agricultural insurance market with state support for agricultural products. A systematic approach, methods of generalization, induction, deduction, analysis, synthesis and comparison were used to achieve this purpose. Results. The necessity and importance of using insurance mechanisms to mitigate risks for agricultural producers had been determined. The state of economic relations for the protection of property interests of agricultural producers had been reviewed in general, and trends in the development of subsidized crop insurance in the insurance market of Ukraine had been identified. The indicators of agricultural insurance and the amount of subsidies from the state budget allocated to reduce the cost of insurance premiums (contributions), which actually had been paid by actors of the agricultural market, had been analyzed. It was revealed that in 2005-2008 the introduction of state support for crop insurance had a positive impact on the performance of the agricultural insurance market, contributed to the popularization of this type of insurance in Ukraine, and positively affected protecting the interests of agricultural producers. The factors hindering the development of domestic crop insurance with state support were revealed. It had been proved that current level of penetration of this kind of insurance protection remains low and insufficient to guarantee the safety of business activities in the agricultural sector, the current model of agricultural state aid, provided by the Law of Ukraine “On peculiarities of crop insurance with state support”, was inefficient and therefore required reformation. The importance of improvements in state regulation, including implementation mechanisms of the existing legislation, and state policy of financial support had been substantiated. It was determined that the market model of crop insurance system in Ukraine should be based on the principles of public-private partnership. Practical meaning appears in the possibility of using theoretical conclusions and practical recommendations for the further development of agricultural insurance in general and crop insurance with state support in particular. Prospects for further research are identification and scientific substantiation of the ways of forming a reliable mechanism for insurance protection of property interests of agricultural producers, development and legislation of recommendations on the forms of effective interaction between the main participants in agricultural insurance – agricultural producers, insurance companies and government.