COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES OF PRODUCTION OF MILK AND PREREQUISITE OF FORMATION OF "A DAIRY BELT" OF RUSSIA

Issue № 3, 2016, article № 3, pages 21-29

Section: Agrofood market

Language: Russian

Original language title: СРАВНИТЕЛЬНЫЕ ПРЕИМУЩЕСТВА ПРОИЗВОДСТВА МОЛОКА И ПРЕДПОСЫЛКИ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ «МОЛОЧНОГО ПОЯСА» РОССИИ

Keywords: «МОЛОЧНЫЙ ПОЯС», COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES, OPPORTUNITY COSTS, THE INDEX OF "EFFECTIVE BENEFITS", INVESTMENT, DAIRY CATTLE, STATE SUPPORT, "MILK BELT"

Abstract: Competitiveness of production of certain types of agricultural production depends on the level of realization of the advantages which are available for producers in specific climatic and productive and economic conditions. The article discusses the possibility of using methods of determining the comparative advantage and carried out their evaluation in dairy cattle breeding. Calculation of the index of "effective benefits" on the basis of the opportunity cost comparisons showed the presence of the comparative advantages of milk production in the regions located in the North-West European and North-East of Russia towards the region Black Earth region with higher agro potential. A comparative analysis of the growth rate of milk production and crops, the efficiency of investments in dairy farming in the regions of the European part of the Russian Federation confirms this position. The findings substantiate the feasibility of forming "milk belt" in the North-West European and North-East of the Russian Federation to ensure the growth of competitiveness of milk production, improve the sustainability of dairy farming and the effectiveness of budget support for the industry. The dairy cattle breeding in the North-West European and North-East, many other regions of Non-Black Earth Region of Russia possesses comparative advantages also rather European competitors that is connected with ampler opportunities of concentration of production of milk and realization of a scale effect in dairy animal husbandry of Russia.

Authors: Surovtsev Vladimir Nikolaevich, Nikulina IUliia Nikolaevna, ZHutiaeva Svetlana Aleksandrovna