PROBLEMS OF TRANSITION TO ORGANIC AGRICULTURE

DOI 10.32651/238-75

Issue № 8, 2023, article № 12, pages 75-83

Section: Agrofood market

Language: Russian

Original language title: ПРОБЛЕМЫ ПЕРЕХОДА К ОРГАНИЧЕСКОМУ СЕЛЬСКОМУ ХОЗЯЙСТВУ

Keywords: ORGANIC AGRICULTURE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUPPORT FOR FARMERS, TRANSITION PERIOD, PUBLIC POLICY

Abstract: The article examines the main negative factors faced by agricultural producers during the transition from traditional to organic agriculture. The transition period is considered as a process from the moment the entrepreneur assesses the expediency of making such a decision until the certified organic farm reaches a sustainable pace of development. The research is based on the analysis and generalization of scientific works of domestic and foreign authors on the relevant topic. The identified problems are grouped in three directions, depending on their belonging to the stages of the transition process: problems affecting the decision of the manufacturer to switch to organic production and the certification process; problems related to the production of organic products; problems of storage and marketing of organic products. Taking into account the identified problems, the key directions of the development and implementation of state policy aimed at the creation and development of farms producing organic agricultural products are proposed. The main blocks of such a policy should be: measures of financial and credit support, taking into account the peculiarities of the period of conversion of traditional production into organic, with an emphasis on preferential lending and taxation; creation of a multi-agent system for the formation, accumulation and dissemination of knowledge about organic farming technologies with the involvement of existing producers; formation of regional libraries of standard technological maps for the production of certain types of organic products taking into account the natural and climatic characteristics of rural areas. The detailed development of the proposed set of measures may be the subject of further research by scientists involved in the development of organic agriculture.

Authors: Pavlov Aleksandr IUrevich, Kudriavtsev Aleksandr Alekseevich, Palatkin Ivan Viktorovich