Scientific Journal of KubSAU

There were substantiated the urgency and the necessity of state regulation of domestic agrarian production under conditions of import substitution. There was implemented the systematization of scientific views on the issues of directions and instruments of state regulation of the agrarian sphere. There was conducted a complex analysis of the efficiency of the functioning of agricultural organizations in the Krasnodar region and there was assessed the effectiveness of the system of state support of agricultural production in the region. There were determined the actual trends of improving the functions of the state in the conditions of implementing the policy of import substitution and the need to strengthen the state regulation of the agricultural sector of the economy. There was revealed the content of factors limiting the interaction and mechanisms of coordination of components of the system of state regulation of the agrarian sphere of the regional economy. There were substantiated the priorities of the Krasnodar region which include the adaptation of normative-legal base to modern economic realities, the creation of a set of conditions for accelerated technical and technological modernization of production, the development of the institutional environment, the support of entrepreneurship, the promotion of private-state partnership, the accelerated formation of social and production infrastructure of rural areas

We have analyzed the system of state regulation of regional food security and substantiated the main directions of its software under the sanctions regime, presented the scheme of the constituent elements of regional food security, including the purpose and the main task. We have revealed the features of the modern food problems of Russia and its regions, systematized the negative effects of international sanctions, assessed the obstacles to implementation of the accelerated import substitution policy. An analysis of exports and imports of basic foodstuffs in the Krasnodar region for 2011-2015 has been shown. We have also presented the dynamics of the average per capita consumption of food among the population of Russia and the Krasnodar region. The work substantiates the necessity to diversify trade relations and the search for potential investors for the implementation of pilot innovative projects in the real sector of the economy of the region. It substantiates the actual directions of optimization tools of state regulation of the food security of the Krasnodar region in the conditions of modern economic realities. It is proved that the effective implementation of the regional agricultural policy requires a development strategy for the agricultural sector, which expresses the priority of the state in relation to agriculture and includes the presence of a real agrarian protectionism

The level of competitiveness of the agricultural sector depends on the effective implementation of the import substitution policy and food security in the region in which all categories of the population at any one time must have physical and economic opportunities needed to get enough and safe food for an active, full and healthy life. In this context, the problem of increasing the competitiveness of regional agriculture in the new economic environment is relevant. Competitiveness characterizes the concentrated expression of the totality of possibilities of managing subjects of agriculture produce and to bring the products (goods, works, services) to the consumer. Solving the problem of increasing the competitiveness of regional agriculture is closely linked to an increase in the effectiveness of the quality management of products, increasing profitability of production, improving the system of state regulation of the agrarian sector of the economy. Principles of creation of an effective mechanism of state regulation and support the competitiveness of the agro-industrial complex include: agro-industrial protectionism; program-targeted regulation and maintenance of the guaranteed state support for agribusiness; efficient use of resources. The priority areas to ensure the competitiveness of regional agriculture are: to create conditions for the development of innovation and investment environment, the improvement of financial and economic state of the industry and agribusiness organizations, improvement of state support of the agrarian sector mechanisms

The article examines features of the functioning of the agro-industrial complex of Russia and the Krasnodar region in the economic crisis. It substantiates the urgency of adaptation of state regulation of agro-industrial complex mechanisms to modern economic realities, we have disclosed functions and principles for the development of regional policy strategy in the agricultural sector. It is proved, that the system of state regulation of regional agro-industrial complex should correlate with the priorities of the development of its main component - agriculture and to promote structural reforms in the agricultural sector, enhance its innovation and investment potential and maintain the social orientation of the agrarian reforms. Improving the mechanisms of state support of the agro-industrial complex of Russia and the Krasnodar region requires a special approach in relation to the country's membership in the World Trade Organization. Due to this, we have proposed the adjustment of state support instruments of domestic agro-industrial complex, which involves the use of priority measures of the "green box", including an increase in funding for research in agriculture, development of an effective institutional environment, which will stimulate the efficiency and competitiveness of the agricultural sector

The authors reveal contemporary issues of dairy cattle breeding. These problems are cross-sectoral in nature and are caused by economic realities, related to the crisis, high production and financial risks, lack of financial resources and insufficient state support system. The article reveals the specifics of the dairy industry, including the uniqueness of the products, the rhythm of production and high dependence of the industry on the scale of production. The authors analyze the dynamics and structure of milk production in federal districts of the Russian Federation; assess the changes in the indices of dairy cattle breeding production on farms of all categories of the Russian Federation and calculate milk production efficiency in the agricultural enterprises of Krasnodar territory. The authors have found that the major milk producers in the Krasnodar region are agricultural organizations, but their share in the gross production of milk was constantly decreasing over the period of 1990-2014. The article proves the feasibility of improving the mechanisms of state support for the dairy industry, including assistance in the creation and development of consumer cooperatives that promote the growth of efficiency and competitiveness of dairy farming

The article is dedicated to solving such an important state task as improving the employment rate level of people with disabilities in the Krasnodar region. The promising areas of governmental support of employable disabled people at the regional level were reflected in the article, and the socio-economic significance of proposals, presented by the author, was considered. As an object of this study, the modern conditions of functioning and factors, influencing the activity of employable disabled people were considered. The subject of study is a set of organizational and economic relations, which characterize a governmental support of disabled people in the Krasnodar region. Nowadays the federal and regional targeted programs for social integration of the persons with disabilities and for their support at the labor market of Russian Federation are being worked out, rehabilitation and professional development centers are being created. The more attention is being paid to the issues of disabled people's social rehabilitation and their involvement of labor at the different levels of authorities, which determines the relevance of the research topic. A number of provisions in the article, such as a rationale of the extra forms of disabled people's governmental support formation, has a scientific novelty

The study does a comprehensive analysis of the milk market in Russia and Krasnodar territory under conditions of a food embargo; defines the influence of the food embargo on the possibility of import substitution of milk and dairy products , and does an assessment of factors affecting the increase in the efficiency and competitiveness of the dairy sector, including the quality characteristics of the products, the possibilities of using natural milk substitutes, the environmental safety of raw milk. The study gives the estimation of milk self-sufficiency in Russia and identifies the opportunities to compensate for the missing volume. There has been done a comparative analysis of the subjects of the Russian Federation in terms of development indexes in the industry of dairy cattle breeding in the agricultural organizations, which found competitive advantages of Leningrad Region in milk yield per cow and Vologda region in feed conversion. The study reveals poorly equipped genetic testing laboratories and animal breeding quality control of milk in most regions of the Russian Federation . It states that the economic crisis in Russia has caused acceleration of inflation and a rise in prices for milk and dairy products in the consumer market; the purchasing power of incomes of the population (commercial equivalent - drinking milk) has declined. In order to develop the milk market and the implementation of policies of import substitution it is necessary to improve the system of state regulation of the agrarian sector, including the creation of favorable conditions for the development of public-private partnership, ensuring the availability of credit resources, the adaptation of the regulatory framework governing the market relations in the agrarian sector, support for high-performance production sites, as well as the implementation of the policy of agricultural protectionism.

The article substantiates the necessity of the intensifying institutional reforms in AIC of the Krasnodar region for the purpose of development the regional innovation environment. It is proved, that the efficiency of innovative activities is possible in the agrarian sector of the economy in effective state regulation of organizational and economic mechanisms of innovation processes, to generate adapted innovative infrastructure. The Institutional modernization supposes accretion of the relationships government and business against to the development of investment processes, improved management efficiency and its activities creation for innovation infrastructure in agriculture. The analysis conducted has shown that the favorable investment climate is achieved in the Krasnodar region by maintaining political stability and predictability, and also the implementation of a policy directed to the transformation of market relations, directed the creation and implementation of mechanisms import substitution and development of rural areas actively. The institutional environment should be considered as a basic component of innovative development of agrarian sector economy in the region. The institutional environment grouping of innovative development AIC subjects to the influence of socioeconomic, political, institutional, demographic, historical and geographical factors. The process of innovative development agrarian sector does not come short of potential opportunities the region. Inter alia the main factors impeding of the development innovations in the regional AIC can be identified: the high production and financial risks, the low demand for innovative products and services, the high cost of innovations, the lack of personnel able to develop innovative production technologies, the own sources of funding for the projects have not been found. To enable of innovation activity in the regional AIC on the basis institutional reforms it is necessary: to maximize the interaction between federal, regional and local levels of government; be focused on the selection strategic priorities of agrarian sphere innovative development in the region; to create a set conditions for the technical and technological modernization of the sector, allowing to generate and develop innovations in agriculture; to amend the state innovation policy in the agrarian sector alone the need of implementation mechanisms of import substitution, the rural development and the achievement of competitiveness agricultural production

Trade relations are one of the key areas of cooperation between Russia and the European Union countries. However, prospects of trade and economic cooperation development between the countries in conditions of geopolitical instability have been insufficiently studied, which explains the relevance of the research topic. In this work, there are analyzed changes in the structure of exports and imports of the Russian Federation and the EU within the period 2009-2014, revealed Russia's dependence on supplies of food and high-tech equipment, which are included in the sanctions list. There was substantiated the expediency of the accelerated modernization of domestic material base, active development of innovative environment and creation of conditions for enhancing public-private partnership in the investment sphere. Calculation of the economic and financial losses of the Russian Federation and the EU because of the sanctions regime and food embargo showed significant dependence of the economies of each other. The analysis of the development tendencies in trade relations between Russia and the EU has identified the main challenges in the development of foreign trade between countries: restriction of opportunities to attract foreign investment; curbing exports; devaluation of the national currency and increasing inflation. The main proposals that can strengthen trade relations between the EU and Russia are highlighted: the abolition of the bilateral restrictions; development of a new juridical framework; establishment within the Federal Assembly ad hoc committees on the regulation of relations with the EU in order to specify the main goals and objectives of the strategic partnership, creation of conditions for their implementation; speeding up the adjustment of the Russian legislation to international standards in the framework of Russia's membership in WTO

The article is devoted to the contemporary development of the tourism industry in the Krasnodar region in the post-Olympic period. We have considered main directions of improving the attractiveness of tourism sector for foreign tourists. There were found the advantages of the touristrecreational base of the Krasnodar region, providing its tourist potential. Sanatorium, resort and tourist complex of the Krasnodar region line with the priorities of social-economic development of Russia and determines the special status of the region in the economy of the country. We have analyzed the dynamics of entry of foreign nationals for the purpose of tourism. There were identified the country with the highest tourist arrivals. We have studied the regulatory-legal framework, regulating tourist activity in the region and considered one of the ways of state regulation of the tourism industry by conducting classification of hotels and other accommodation facilities. The main economic effect from the introduction of a system of classification of hotels is to improve the quality of service, competitiveness and legalization of small accommodation facilities. It emphasizes the uniqueness of Sochi city as a key tourist destination for international tourism promotion not only in the region but also in the country. It presents an overview of the modern state and use of the sports of the Olympic Games, the infrastructure of Sochi, identified tools for promoting inbound tourism. Despite the positive results achieved in the development of the tourism industry in the Krasnodar region, it is necessary to solve a number of tasks to increase the attractiveness of tourism in the region. Thus, the priorities should include: creation of a competitive tourism product, leveling the seasonality factor and provide year-round operation of sports facilities and other infrastructure of Sochi in the postOlympic period