Specialization Of Agricultural Production Research Articles

The Impact of Rural Population Aging on Agricultural Cropping Structure: Evidence from China’s Provinces

Agricultural cropping structure is related to the quality of the agricultural supply system and is a key element of the structural reform of the agricultural supply side. Based on China’s provincial panel data from 2000 to 2021, this paper empirically examines the impact and mechanism of rural population aging on the planting structure of food and cash crops by using a two-way fixed-effects model, which fills the gap in the research on the impact mechanism of the rural population aging on agricultural planting structure. The conclusions of the study show that: as the aging of the rural population deepens, the proportion of food crops planted will further increase, while the proportion of cash crops planted will decrease; agricultural mechanization will promote the further increase of the proportion of food crops planted while the proportion of cash crops planted will decrease in the deepening of the aging of rural population; the aging of the rural population has a more significant impact on the structure of agricultural planting in the eastern region and does not have a significant impact on the central and western provinces. The aging of the rural population has a significant impact on the agricultural planting structure in the eastern region, but not in the central and western provinces. This paper argues that we should fully respect the willingness of agricultural management subjects to choose planting varieties, increase the research, development, and promotion of agricultural machinery, continuously improve the level of farmers’ human capital, and further enhance the degree of organization, scale, and specialization of agricultural production.

How Does Specialization in Agricultural Production Affect Soil Health?

The aim of the study was to assess the impact of the specialization of agricultural production on selected parameters of soil health, i.e., soil organic carbon content (SOC), soil acidification, soil nutrient status, i.e., total nitrogen content (NT), available forms of phosphorus, potassium, and magnesium, and microelements content, as well as the content of selected potentially toxic metals (PTMs). For the study, 18 farms located in the Masovian Voivodeship in Central Poland were selected. They were grouped into six types, and each type was represented by three farms. The study included organic farms; farms specializing in: crop, vegetable, poultry, dairy cattle, and pigs production. A total of 144 soil samples were analyzed. The results showed that the specialization of agricultural production and fertilizer management had a significant impact on most of the tested soil health parameters, except SOC and NT content. Despite the high organic fertilizer doses introduced into soils in poultry (170 kg N per hectare as poultry manure) and pig farms (150 kg N per hectare as pig manure), there was no significant influence of these amendments on SOC content. This may indicate low organic carbon sequestration potential in some Polish agricultural soils. Organic farms had the lowest levels of plant nutrients in the tested soil samples, which may limit soil productivity. All the tested soils were strongly acidified, which could restrict both production and regulatory soil functions. Based on the synthetic index of soil fertility (SSFI), vegetable and poultry farms were characterized by very high fertility, while crop, dairy cattle, and pig farms fell into the medium fertility class. Organic farms were in the lowest fertility class. However, the study suggests that the SSFI may not be the best indicator for assessing soil fertility and health; therefore, further research is needed.

Environmental aspects of the development of large agricultural integrated formations

The article examines the environmental aspects that arise in the process of concentration and specialization of agricultural production in a particular rural area. Thus, as scientific and technological progress develops, the problem of carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere increases. The share of CO2 emissions in the production of agricultural products is high, including in the conditions of the creation of large integrated agricultural formations. Thus, from a cowshed for 200 heads with an average weight of 500 kg, productivity of 30 kg, the daily CO2 emission is 1,445 kg. Accordingly, with an average livestock of 5,000 heads in megafarms, this indicator in a particular facility is about 40 tons per day. There are also problems with the protection and improvement of reservoirs and the formation of a “carbon footprint” in the environment. It is proposed to implement a unified integrated approach to solving this problem and its mutual alignment with other sections of the plan when developing a comprehensive development plan for integrated agricultural formations in terms of environmental protection; to ensure the unity and consistency of sanitary and health indicators with socio-economic indicators of rural areas; to carry out all environmental calculations based on current standards; to cover a set of quantitative and qualitative indicators characterizing the level, condition and development of individual industries, socio-economic parameters and the environment of a particular rural area.

Problems of “Non-Food” Cultivated Land in China in the New Period and Suggestions for Countermeasures

With China's economic and social development, under the influence of many factors, such as the low efficiency of grain cultivation and the formation of a pattern of specialization in agricultural production, the phenomenon of “de-farming” and “de-fooding” of arable land has begun to emerge in some areas. “Non-food” in China's food production space at the same time, but also on the arable land will produce different degrees of damage. Therefore, this paper analyzes the background and challenges of the “degrading” of arable land in China in the new era, and reveals in depth the regional and typological characteristics of the “degrading” of arable land, its causes, and its impact on food and ecological security. The paper finds that the background of “non-food” cropland stems from the diversification of agricultural production and the need to explore alternative land uses other than traditional food crops, and poses a challenge to China's food security by affecting the food supply. In the future, we should explore the formation of a long-term mechanism to strengthen the policy guidance of “non-food” and improve the efficiency of arable land for food cultivation in order to stimulate farmers' incentives to grow food. The article puts forward countermeasures to enhance the willingness of business entities to grow food and prevent the “degrazing” of arable land from the perspectives of policy guidance, multi-party participation, standard construction and compensation mechanism, with a view to providing certain reference significance for the protection of arable land in China in the future.

Methodological approaches to taking into account the influence of natural and economic conditions on the production structure and specialization of agricultural organizations

The article presents the results of systematization of methodological approaches to taking into account the influence of natural and economic conditions on the location, structure and specialization of agricultural production; recommendations of domestic scientists on the location of agricultural sectors and measures for its adaptation to climate change were considered; an algorithm has been proposed for improving the structure and specialization of agricultural production based on taking into account natural and economic factors.

Trade liberalization and nutrition transition: Evidence from China

We examine the impact of trade liberalization on the nutrition transition between 1997 and 2011. Our findings demonstrate that the reduction in tariff rates has had a significant effect on the dietary patterns of both rural and urban residents in the country. With the decrease in tariffs, there has been a noticeable increase in the consumption of animal products (such as meat and aquatic products), vegetables, beans and nuts, as well as packaged and processed foods. Simultaneously, there has been a decrease in the demand for staple foods, fruits, and dairy products. Consequently, there has been an increase in the proportion of overall calories derived from fat and protein, while the proportion from staple foods has declined. As a result, trade liberalization has led to increased food expenditure, while reducing the cost of maintaining a healthy diet. Furthermore, trade liberalization has also contributed to a growing risk of obesity. Additionally, our study identifies rising incomes, specialization in agricultural production, changing food prices, and shifting food preferences as the primary mechanisms of the trade-diet relationship.

ПРОСТРАНСТВЕННАЯ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЯ ПРОИЗВОДСТВА КАРТОФЕЛЯИ ОВОЩЕЙ В СТРАНЕ

The territorial-sectoral division of labor in the agro-industrial complex and agriculture, in particu-lar, consists in the features that are unique to them, the patterns of development and placement of sub-sectors, the dependence on changes in the economic conditions of production, the level of state support for production processes. The list of factors influencing the territorial and sectoral division of labor includes natural conditions, zoning of production, the level of food consumption by region and its structure. The spatial organization of agriculture also depends on the distance over which food is transported, that is, from places of production to places of consumption. These factors have a direct impact on the formation of zones of specialization of certain types of agricultural products. When developing specialized zones, one should take into account the existing placement, the level of specialization and concentration of production, positive and negative indicators characterizing the territorial organization of the functioning of the industry and the production of certain types of agricultural products. An important indicator in the formation and development of specialized production zones is the country's need for a specific type of domestic food products. Changes in the spatial organization of the country's agriculture should be carried out taking into account the development of interregional exchange, payment demand, the situation in the internal and external markets for food and agro-industrial complex products, and possible changes in the regional spe-cialization of agricultural production. It should be noted that the advantage of the rational spatial organization of agriculture is still insufficiently used in the country. In some farms, it is spontane-ous and uncontrollable. At present, the importance of spatial development is increasing, since it is the least expensive and most accessible factor in increasing the production of competitive prod-ucts. Improving the spatial development of the production of potatoes and vegetables makes it pos-sible to ensure their rational management in each region of the country, to reduce the total costs of production and transportation of products.

Have the new round of agricultural land system reform improved farmers' agricultural inputs in China?

China's modern socialist system completed the registration and certification of farmland ownership and continued to deepen the "separation of powers" reform at the end of 2020. This facilitated the transfer of land management rights and impacted investment in agricultural production. The main aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of the new round of agricultural land system reform on farmers' farm inputs in China's socialist system. The study uses data from the China Labor-force Dynamic Survey (CLDS) and employs various econometric approaches, including the Propensity Score Matching-Difference in Differences (PSM-DID) method to approach the objectives of the study. The results indicate that the new round of agricultural land system reform significantly promotes the increase of farmers' inputs in agriculture, including the area of land transferred in and self-owned, income from agriculture, number of agricultural labors, and specialized agricultural production. The study suggests that the reform enhances the positive impact of land transferred-in on farmers' farm inputs. The impact of agricultural land confirmation and "three rights separation" is positive in eastern, central, and western China. The findings suggest that public authorities should continue to improve the efficiency of land allocation and large-scale operation, cultivate new agricultural operation bodies, and improve the level of agricultural production specialization.

The Impact of Farmland Management Rights Mortgage Loan on the Agri-Food Industrial Agglomeration: Case of Hubei Province

The Chinese government encourages rural economic entities to use farmland management rights as collateral for loans, which helps to alleviate multi-level financing needs in rural areas. Based on the panel data of counties in Hubei Province, this paper adopts the Difference-in-Differences (DID) and the intermediary effect model to evaluate the impact of farmland management rights mortgage loans (FMRML) on the agri-food industrial agglomeration (AIA) in China. The study found that the pilot policy has significantly promoted the AIA. Moreover, the regression results remain robust after conducting the placebo test and the Propensity Score Matching Difference-in-Differences (PSM-DID) model, which demonstrates that the improvement effect is stable and long-lasting. From the heterogeneity analysis, it can be seen that the policy of FMRML has a more significant effect on the AIA in mountainous and hilly areas. By further analysis of the mechanism of action, it can be concluded that the pilot policy promotes the AIA by enhancing agricultural specialized production. The main findings can provide information for policymakers in China. The recommendations we have summarized encompass gradually expanding the scope of the pilot policy of FMRML, advancing the institutionalization and legalization of the policy, and promoting agricultural production specialization.

Territorial transformations in agriculture of Chernihiv region in the context of climate change: the case of corn and sunflower

Introduction. Different crops and regions of Ukraine are characterized by unequal dependencies on climate change. This situation creates a demand for scientific research to analyse «climate-agricultural production» dependence at the regional level. Chernihiv region, whose territory is located in two environmental zones, is an ideal testing ground for assessing territorial transformations in agricultural production under the influence of climate change. The purpose of article. The purpose of the study was to identify territorial transformations in agricultural production of Chernihiv region that were formed under the influence of climate change during 2001-2020, using corn and sunflower as an example. Additionally, the impact of climate factors on the yield of the selected crops in the region was assessed. Research methods. The study was based on data on gross harvest and yields of the selected crops, corn and sunflower, in Chernihiv region during 2001-2020. Climate trends were represented by average air temperature and precipitation during the growing season for the same period. Spatial transformations of the region’s agricultural production were determined using the territorial concentration index. A number of calculations were carried out to assess the contribution of climatic factors to the dynamics of yields of the selected crops. They included the determination of 1) trend yields; 2) total and agrotechnical variance; 3) the share of the climatic factor in the total variance. Main findings. In 2001-2020, Chernihiv region observed a significant increase in heat supply, the length of the growing season, and the sum of effective temperatures. The climate trends of this period created suitable conditions for expanding of a number of heat-tolerant crops, including corn and sunflower, into the region. The study used them as selected crops to assess territorial transformations in agricultural production of this northern region of Ukraine. The analysis of statistical data showed that the sown area and gross harvest of corn and sunflower increased tenfold in Chernihiv region, and the local agroclimatic zones of their cultivation moved 125-150 km north. The main producers of corn and sunflower are still the forest-steppe areas of the region. At the same time, its Polissya part currently produces 25 to 30% of the gross harvest of these crops. Due to climate change in the region, the yield of the selected crops has increased significantly, exceeding the national average values by 37-43%. The «migration» of heat-tolerant crops to the region has considerably changed the specialization of agricultural production in this Polissya region. Based on the calculations, it was found that the contribution of the climatic factor to corn yields was maximum in 2001-2010 - 74%. The contribution of climatic trends to sunflower yield of the region was significantly lower - 53-56 % in different periods. Taking into account the results obtained, the study points out the need to develop effective measures for adapting agricultural production in Chernihiv region to climate change. Scientific novelty and practical value. The article describes for the first time the characteristics of territorial transformations in agricultural production of Chernihiv region in the context of climate change and assesses the contribution of the climatic factor to the dynamics of productivity of the selected crops in the region. The practical value of the study is the possibility of using its algorithm to conduct similar studies in other regions of Ukraine. The results of the study are important in the context of substantiating regional measures to adapt agricultural production to climate change.

CAUSES OF MIGRATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY

Migration is a process with multi dimensions, which ambiguously effects on various components and individual parameters of the economic life of the host society. Furthermore, direction and intensity of this influence may be importantly different in each concrete case. Due to the specific of immigration, evaluation of its results is difficult task, which requires comprehensive and balanced analysis. It was traditionally considered that immigration provides host society with lost labor recourses and it significantly contributes in their economic development. Migrants often settle within their home region. However, a significant part of international migration takes place over long distances and, in particular, from emerging market and developing economies toward advanced economies. A major reason why people migrate is income differences between origin and destination countries. Richer countries attract more immigrants, especially from countries with younger populations. There is difficulty to evaluate effect of immigration on economic. This is impact on tax incomes and expenses of government. On one side, immigrants pay taxes, helping cover the cost of government. On the other side, they impose costs on the government, because their cars need roads to drive on, their children need schools to study in, and so on. Because many immigrants earn low wages and hence pay low taxes, some estimates suggest that immigrants cost more in additional spending than they pay in. Despite the above international policy coordination is needed to tackle the challenges from refugee migration. This includes sharing the costs from hosting refugees and fostering their integration with emerging and developing economies, such as language training and easier validation of professional titles, can help build even better outcomes from immigration in recipient countries. Keywords: War, labor migration, former international students as labor migrants, unemployment, specialization of agricultural production, protected schemes, increase of incomes.

Metabolism of microelements in cattle of the holsteen breed in biogeochemical conditions of the Astrakhan region

In connection with the intensification and specialization of agricultural production, in particular animal husbandry, in the Astrakhan region, the volume of work of veterinary specialists has sharply increased in carrying out planned measures to prevent and improve methods of treating internal noncommunicable diseases, as well as the study of metabolic disorders in productive animals, in particular, by application of biotic doses of microelements in animal husbandry. Our work presents data from biogeochemical studies of pasture ecosystems in the Astrakhan region.The studies were carried out in the spring -summer period of 2021-2022 on groups of different ages (6 months, 12 months, 36 months, 72 months) of Holstein cattle owned by citizens and farms of Limansky, Kamyzyaksky and Privolzhsky districts of the Astrakhan region.In addition, in 10 cattle animals, during planned slaughter, various tissues and organs were taken for analysis in order to determine the level of trace elements.Determination of the levels of trace elements in the ecosystem was carried out in the Astrakhan region at the latitude 46° 20’58" (46° 20'98) north latitude and longi tude 48°2'26" (48° 2'44) east longitude.Trace elements in the selected samples of the pasture ecosystem, as well as in the organs and tissues of cattle, were determined by the atomic absorption method. A low level of trace elements was found in the soil, plants and feed of the ecosystem of the Astrakhan region relative to the "reference" chernozem region, where animal hypomicroelementoses and regulatory data are not recorded.The highest concentration of iodine was recorded in the blood - 0.58 ± 0.008 mg/kg, and the lowest - in the muscle tissue (0.09 ± 0.002 mg/kg), the highest concentration of selenium was determined in the tissues of the kidneys and liver (0.74 ± 0.018 and 0 .72 ± 0.113 mg/kg, respectively), and the smallest - in the muscles and lungs. The concentration of manganese in the body of cattle ranged from 32.98 ± 1.18 to 67.46 ± 1.33 mg/kg.

China and Countries along the “Belt and Road”: Agricultural Trade Volatility Decomposition and Food Security

Agricultural products are essential for human survival, and strengthening agricultural trade cooperation between China and countries along the “Belt and Road” (B&R) can promote food security, but there are few studies on bilateral trade fluctuation factors in the literature. This paper uses the modified multi-country multi-product CMS (constant market share) model and the two-country multi-product CMS model to decompose the fluctuation of agricultural trade between China and B&R countries by stage, region, and agricultural product type. The results show that in recent years, in the fluctuation of China’s exports to B&R countries, in overall agricultural products, the demand effect plays a major hindering role, accounting for −9.2%; in the region, Southeast Asia has the largest share of trade, which is mainly pulled by the joint demand effect, structural effect and competitiveness effect; in specific agricultural products, animal, fruit and vegetable, and food processing products are mainly pulled by competitiveness. In the fluctuation of B&R countries’ export to China, in overall agricultural products, the demand effect pulls the largest share, accounting for 72.55%; in the region, Southeast Asia is mainly driven by the joint pull of demand effect, structural effect. and competitiveness effect; in specific agricultural products, animal, fruit and vegetable, and food processing products are mainly driven by the pull of demand effect. The findings of this paper can provide a basis for making decisions on food security cooperation between China and B&R countries.

Перспективные направления организационного и нормативного обеспечения продовольственной безопасности в Чеченской Республике

The article substantiates the perspective areas of normative and organizational support for food security in the Chechen Republic in comparison with those in Germany. The negative consequences of violation of environmental and land legislation in case of improper use of agricultural land are shown. The necessity of forming the «Republican Commission for Control over the State of the Environment and Food Security in the Chechen Republic» (RKKOSPB) is substantiated. Some of its functional tasks are given. In particular, the responsibility of the Commission is to develop the «Strategic Administrative and Legal Concept of Ecological and Food Security of the Chechen Republic for the period up to 2030». The problem of development of own seed production and local production of plant protection products (PPP) – the main determinants of agricultural development – was recognized as an important strategic task. RKKOSPB should pay serious attention to planning the territorial specialization of agricultural production, i.e. such an organization of production, in which in crop production the emphasis is on the selection of such an optimal ratio of cultivated crops that would be most adapted to specific local conditions.

ТИПОЛОГИЯ ЛИЧНЫХ ПОДСОБНЫХ ХОЗЯЙСТВ ПО ДАННЫМ ВСЕРОССИЙСКОЙ СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННОЙ ПЕРЕПИСИ 2016 Г.

The paper presents the results of the study, the aim of which is to develop a typology of subsidiary farms to study by type of labor force. The subject of the study is a system of statistical indicators; the object is a set of subsidiary farms in three regions with different agro-climatic conditions. The informational basis of the work was the impersonal data of the 2016All-Russian Agricultural Census on subsidiary farms engaged in agricultural production. The scientific novelty of the work consists in the development of the typology of subsidiary farms using multidimensional statistical method of cluster analysis, its validation, and description of types using a system of indicators of size, intensification and specialization of agricultural production. Three groups of subsidiary farms with reliable differences among themselves were identified in all three regions. The differences in the availability of labor resources according to the highlighted types were proven, but the available system of indicators does not allow for an in-depth analysis, as the census data do not contain information even on labor inputs. The study showed that the third cluster in all three regions studied is represented mainly by farms that are essentially no longer subsidiary farms, which indicates the need to revise the approach to the presentation of statistical data on agriculture in terms of the categories of farms. Agricultural products of the first and second types of subsidiary farms do not enter the market, have no market value, when conducting agricultural censuses in order to reduce costs and expand the program it is worth returning to the study of the introduction of census, as done in the European Union, USA and other countries with developed economies.

Transformation of the spatial structure of crop production of Cuba at the end of XX - beginning of XXI centuries

Despite the fact that agriculture is one of the oldest economic activities, this industry is constantly in the process of transformation and the speed of these changes is growing. However, these transformations are taking place in diverse ways in different countries and regions of the Earth. The article examines changes in Cuban agriculture that occurred after 1990 in connection with the collapse of the USSR. The disappearance of the Soviet Union from the political map of the world was not the only reason for the beginning of transformations in the Cuban economy, but it became a trigger for reforms in all sectors of the national economic complex. As a starting point for the study, the development of the agricultural sector of Cuba until 1990 was analyzed and the principles of economic policy implemented in the country to overcome the crisis that arose in the industry in the 1990s. The article examines changes in the spatial specialization of crop production in Cuba in recent decades, for which the Localization coefficients of the cultivated areas. This coefficient was calculated for the main agricultural crops (sugar cane, bananas, citrus fruits, fruits, rice, short-cycle food crops and forage crops) and their dynamics for period 1989-2016. Since 1990, there has been a diversification of agriculture in Cuba with an increase in the importance of food crops. According to the results of the study, it can be concluded that the changes that have occurred in the structure of sown areas and their territorial distribution are associated with the need to provide the population of Cuba with food. This led to a reduction in the cultivation of export crops and changes in the specialization of agricultural production at the level of provinces.

Influencing Factors on Customers’ Decision to Visit Agritourism Farms: A Case Study in Viet Nam

The research analyzes the factors affecting the tourists’ decision to visit agricultural farms in Thai Nguyen province. Three hundred tourists from 10 agritourism farms were surveyed, and the results showed that there are five factors affecting the decision of tourists in order of importance, including: “Motivation to travel” has the greatest influence with the coefficient β = 0.290, followed by “Destination image” with the coefficient β = 0.288, the factor “Destination information” with the coefficient β = 0.247 and the group “Other motives” with the coefficient β = 0.229. The factor group, “Infrastructure of the destination”, has the lowest influence with the coefficient β = 0.166. Therefore, solutions to promote the development of agricultural tourism in Thai Nguyen need to pay attention and guide people to cultivate organically, preserve the environment and natural landscape, and create unique experiences for visitors. Authorities, local people, and travel agencies need to have seminars, develop specific agricultural tourism products, and apply information technology in advertising destination images to tourists.

СПЕЦИАЛИЗАЦИЯ В СЕЛЬСКОМ ХОЗЯЙСТВЕ

The article summarizes the approaches to the definition of specialization in agriculture. The factors and conditions for the optimal location of agricultural production in the region are shown. Unlike the pre-reform period, when the main link in the specialization of agricultural production were collective and state farms, to a lesser extent - subsidiary farms of industrial enterprises, today territorial specialization at the level of municipal production volumes and create the necessary infrastructure for this. Specialization should be viewed as a process of structural changes in production, when resources are redistributed between the production of various types of products, new proportions are formed, in agriculture - primarily in land use. In this case, it is proposed to determine the specialization of municipal districts based on their contribution to the production of specific types of products in the region and average annual growth rates. Based on the ratio of these indicators, the following types of municipalities were identified in the areas of specialization - growth points (with a high share in the volume of production and high growth rates) and stagnating territories (when a high share in the volume is combined with low growth rates). Compiled maps of the specialization of agricultural production in the municipal districts of the Republic of Bashkortostan for today and for the future, for the period up to 2030. Determination of the specialization of agricultural production in municipal districts for the future, allows you to create the necessary infrastructure in them, taking into account the changed conditions, to make fuller use of the existing potential.

КОНКУРЕНТОСПРОМОЖНИЙ РОЗВИТОК АГРАРНИХ ПІДПРИЄМСТВ КАРПАТСЬКОГО РЕГІОНУ УКРАЇНИ В КОНТЕКСТІ КОРЕКЦІЇ ЇХНЬОЇ ГАЛУЗЕВОЇ СТРУКТУРИ

Анотація. Мета дослідження полягає в обґрунтуванні конкурентоспроможного розвитку регіональних сільськогосподарських товаровиробників в умовах корекції їхньої галузевої структури в контексті євроінтеграційних процесів. Методологія / методика / підхід. Теоретичною і методологічною основою дослідження є діалектичний метод пізнання, системний підхід до вивчення економічних явищ і процесів, наукові праці вітчизняних і зарубіжних учених з проблем теорії та практики забезпечення конкурентоспрожного розвитку аграрного товаровиробництва з урахуванням екзогенних та ендогенних факторів. Зі спеціальних методів дослідження використано економіко-статистичний — під час аналізу сучасного стану й прогнозування перспектив конкурентоспрожного розвитку регіональних аграрних товаровиробників в умовах євроінтеграційних процесів, графічний — для визначення прогнозованих обсягів тваринницької продукції у фермерських господарствах у розрізі областей Карпатського регіону України, абстрактно-логічний з метою обґрунтування інституціонально-економічного механізму конкурентоспроможного розвитку сільськогосподарських товаровиробників Карпатського регіону України в контексті корекції їхньої галузевої структури. Результати. У результаті проведеного дослідження виявлено, що з огляду на можливості налагодження транскордонного партнерства, поглиблення економічної євроінтеграції з країнами ЄС важливим економічним пріоритетом регіональних сільськогосподарських товаровиробників Карпатського регіону України є можливість формування ринку різних видів агропродовольчої продукції з географічним зазначенням. Карпатський регіон України володіє достатньо потужним земельно-ресурсним потенціалом для виробництва якісної і безпечної молочної продукції з високою доданою вартістю. Згідно з проведеними розрахунками за умови використання конкурентних переваг, які законодавчо закріплені у країнах ЄС, у досліджуваному регіоні потенційні обсяги виробництва найважливішої тваринницької продукції — молока у фермерських господарствах можуть зрости з 14 тис. тонн до 252 тис. тонн, або у 18 разів. У регіоні відродження традиційних напрямів спеціалізації в сільськогосподарському виробництві сприятиме корекції його галузевої структури, поліпшенню організаційно-економічних умов щодо самозабезпечення регіону тваринницькою продукцією, мінімізації економічного ризику внаслідок розширення напрямів спеціалізації, зниженню трансакційних витрат на транспортування і реалізацію завдяки розвиткові фірмової торгівлі, підвищенню рівня конкурентоспроможності аграрних підприємств різних організаційно-правових форм господарювання, що вироблятимуть продукцію з високою доданою вартістю. Оригінальність / наукова новизна. Уперше обґрунтовано організаційно-економічні засади оптимізації галузевої структури регіональних сільськогосподарських товаровиробників з урахуванням конкурентних переваг, які законодавчо закріплені у країнах ЄС. Практична цінність / значущість. Згідно з проведеними розрахунками в Карпатському регіоні врахування принципу боніфікації в розмірі 10,0 % на агропродовольчу органічну, приміром нішеву або крафтову тваринницьку продукцію, з географічним зазначенням, дозволить скоригувати галузеву структуру аграрних підприємств відповідно до науково обґрунтованих вимог і підвищити рівень рентабельності традиційно важливого виробництва і водночас життєвого необхідного виду продовольчої продукції — молока на 13,0—22,0 процентного пункту. Ключові слова: конкурентоспроможний розвиток, галузева структура, аграрна продукція, конкурентні переваги, екологічний маркетинг, регіон. Формул: 0; рис.: 4; табл.: 2; бібл.: 20.

Methodologies for the Sustainability Assessment of Agricultural Production Systems, with a Focus on Rice: A Review

The intensification of agricultural production is connected to the increased use of fertilizers, pesticides, irrigation water, and energy. Among all cropping systems, rice cultivation is considered to be one of the most significant sources of environmental harm due to the flooding conditions in which rice normally grows; at the same time, rice has important economic and social implications, especially in areas where it is a staple food. In the last 20 years, sustainable development of agricultural production has become a priority for scientific research and policy programs. Several studies proposed methodological frameworks to assess the impacts of different management practices adopted in agro-ecosystems and to identify strategies to mitigate the negative effects of agricultural intensification. Such methodologies are based on the use of particular indicators, which are increasingly seen as crucial tools in impact assessment studies and for decision making. This paper aims to review and analyze the most significant methodological frameworks developed to assess the sustainability of agricultural production systems, with a particular focus on rice cultivation. The analysis includes highlighting which dimensions of sustainability (economic, environmental, social, and governance) are covered by each method and identifying which indicators are used to describe the different dimensions. The spatial scale of the application of the indicators, their typology, the data needed for their implementation, and the criteria for formulating the overall sustainability judgment were then examined. The analysis highlighted the scarce availability of clear operational data for the calculation of the indicators and the often-limited involvement of stakeholders in the development and implementation of the methodologies. The exceptions to these limitations are represented by a few methodologies developed under the umbrella of important international organizations to promote sustainability and research efficiency in specific agricultural production systems, such as the SRP (sustainable rice platform) for rice. Finally, the analysis shows that there is a need to develop methodologies that are applicable not only to an individual farm or group of farms, but also at larger spatial scales (district, watershed, region), which are often those of greatest interest to decision makers.