Organic pig farming as part of green economy

Abstract

Organic agriculture is an important area of high-quality food production and one of the stages of transition of agricultural production to green economy rails. At the moment, assortment on the Russian market of organic products is limited and there are no meat products in general. The aim of this study is to analyze the state of domestic pig breeding and the possibilities of conversion a certain segment of the industry to organic production. The methodological basis was the results of researches by domestic, foreign scientists, as well as our own studies. In the course of the work, general methods of scientific knowledge were used, which ensured reliability of the obtained results. Taking into account global trend towards healthy nutrition, Russian pig breeding has all prerequisites for conversion to organic production. Due to the high marginality of organic pig breeding, the presence in Russia of large labor and land resources suitable for organic production, there are all the prerequisites for organic pork to enter the world agrifood market. The implementation of this direction will require small business development, creation of a certification system for meat and meat products, training of qualified organic zootechnicians, as well as development and improvement of technologies.