THE INTERNATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE STATE POLICY OF RAISING THE COMPETITIVENESS OF AGRICULTURE AND THE POSSIBILITIES TO LOCALIZE IT IN THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the international experience of the state policy of increasing the competitiveness of agriculture and the evaluation of its localization possibilities in the Republic of Armenia. The study of that experience shows that for this purpose, in all countries, almost the same direct and indirect instruments of state aid to agriculture are used, among which different mechanisms of subsidies, the use of a system of guaranteed prices, targeted lending, tax benefits, etc. are typical. In terms of increasing the competitiveness of agriculture, the difference lies in the directions of application of these instruments in specific countries, the size, the selection of manifestations, the mechanisms of tax and credit privileges. In the observed countries, the state support to agriculture and increasing its competitiveness is carried out in certain directions, in particular: stabilization of the income of agricultural producers, price support and establishment of balance, promotion of export of agricultural products, financing of agricultural research and innovations, increasing the level of technical saturation of agriculture. The difference between the approaches used in different countries in relation to these directions lies in the scales, mechanisms, implementation methods, complications, obstacles and opportunities of their manifestation in individual countries. In terms of the above, the Republic of Armenia is not an exception either, which for various objective and subjective reasons does not use the opportunities available in the above directions. In this case, it is necessary to localize the best practices from international experience as much as possible, to identify and evaluate its possibilities and the mechanisms of their use. The full use of the mentioned opportunities requires studying the applied mechanisms of the state policy, and based on that, the primary ones that regulate problematic relations in the republic's agriculture and are considered the most justified and possible have been nominated. Among the elements of that experience can be the application of cluster policy, the expansion of the insurance field, the improvement of their approaches and mechanisms, the mechanisms of technical re-equipment, the introduction of technologies and innovations, the approaches of encouraging businessmen, etc. At the same time, the article presented recommendations on the use of the possibilities of localizing the international experience of state support for agriculture and the state policy of increasing competitiveness in our republic.