USE OF POSITIVE EXPERIENCE OF DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN REGULATION OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT MARKETS IN UKRAINE

Abstract

The scientific article provides a detailed description and analysis of the experience of developed countries in regulating agro-food markets. Much attention is paid to the experience of the European Union countries. The main directions of state support of food and agricultural production within the framework of the Common Agrarian Policy of the EU are determined, special attention is paid to the models of state support of rural development of the EU countries. Emphasis is placed on the three-component structure of rural development policy in the EU, namely: support for agricultural producers, environmental protection, support for comprehensive rural infrastructure development projects. The ability of EU countries to actively stimulate national agriculture, in which the cost of production per unit of output is usually higher than the world. Mechanisms of state regulation of the agro-food system in the USA, Canada and Japan are considered. The analysis of the policy of financing social food assistance to the population in the USA is carried out, the key strategic tasks are assigned to the Service for Food and Consumer Services, in particular, certain state programs of food assistance to the population in the USA are described. As a result of researches for Ukraine the practice of foreign experience of concrete countries of the world concerning the state support of development of agro-food markets and agricultural production is offered, namely: 1) purchase of surplus agricultural and food products from farmers at the expense of state budget funds to maintain purchase prices and guarantee the profitability of agricultural producers (USA experience); 2) the creation of a state institution to stimulate the export of state products, including food and agro-industrial (the experience of the USA, Japan, Germany, etc.); 3) introduction of a system of stimulating the export of Ukrainian food products through commodity lending under the guarantee of export credit agencies, which will allow importers to raise funds for a long time (the experience of the USA, Japan, Poland, Germany); 4) introduction of a system of “land outsourcing” – the purchase or lease by food-importing countries of agricultural land abroad (the experience of China, India, Saudi Arabia). Keywords: agrobusiness, agro-food products, experience of EU countries, common agricultural policy, support of agricultural producers, state food aid programs.