Abstract
In the article questions of increase of competitiveness of agrarian sector of the region are considered. The special attention is paid to stimulation of investment activity of market subjects. The cluster analysis of production of major types of agricultural production in subjects of the Volga Federal Region is made. Measures for improvement of an investment and tax policy of agrarian sector are offered. Realization of the above stated measures will promote growth of competitiveness of the agrarian sector of the Mari EL Republic and solution of questions of import substitution in the Russian food market.
Highlights
The current stage of development of the agricultural sector is characterized by new competitive features
The main obstacle is the sharp decline in access to investment resources, which significantly reduces the rate of import substitution in the regional agricultural sector
Taking into account environmental factors in the agricultural sector, climatic conditions of agriculture in the republic and the potential of agro industry, the strategic priorities of its development should be recognized as the development of beef and dairy cattle, meat and dairy industry, poultry and goat breeding, development of fish production, potato and vegetables production
Summary
The current stage of development of the agricultural sector is characterized by new competitive features. Due to currency barrier to the internal market, if the food and agricultural sector gets products from new countries of South America and Asia, it will have to overcome the consumer inertial barrier. This time should be used by domestic manufacturers to win their share of the domestic market. While developing techniques of crisis overcoming it’s important to use agriculture management experience in the leading countries, in Canada and the United States (Bilson & Darku, 2015; Rakhal & Shashini, 2014)
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