Regional aspects of sunflower manufacturing

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the main production and economic indicators of sunflower production. The trends and changes in the production indicators of sunflower in the Zaporozhye region in the conditions of development of the domestic agricultural market are revealed. The share of sunflower production in the Zaporozhye region in the total production of this crop in Ukraine is shown. The purpose of the article is to analyze and compare the production and economic indicators of sunflower production in Ukraine and in the Zaporizhzhya region. Research methods - system generalization, abstract-logical, analysis and synthesis, observation, comparison, graphic. Research results. Sunflower production is important for the strategic development of the economy of Ukraine as a whole, and its regions in particular. This is confirmed by the high level of profitability in Ukraine at the level of 40-80%, in the Zaporizhia region - 50-82%. Sown area under sunflower increases annually by 2-3%. The leaders in terms of cultivation of sunflower are Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovograd, Zaporozhye, and Nikolaev regions, whose share in the overall structure is from 7 to 10%. Trends in the production performance of sunflower have a number of differences at the national and regional level. Zaporizhzhya region is one of the leaders in the production of sunflower in Ukraine, and the share of the total harvest of sunflower in the region varies from 6–8%. However, economic indicators in the region are lower than the average in Ukraine by 7-10%. Findings. Sunflower production has acquired territorial distribution throughout Ukraine and at present it can be clearly stated that there is no zonal concentration of sunflower production. A factor hindering the realization of existing potential and increasing economic efficiency is the extensive nature of the development of sunflower production. The expansion of the area under this culture in the Zaporizhzhya region is not observed, and productivity growth occurs at a slower pace than the average in Ukraine.