DETERMINANTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE IN THE FARMS OF THE LENINGRAD REGION

DOI 10.32651/2412-79

Issue № 12, 2024, article № 11, pages 79-86

Section: Agrofood market

Language: Russian

Original language title: ДЕТЕРМИНАНТЫ РАЗВИТИЯ ОРГАНИЧЕСКОГО СЕЛЬСКОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА В ФЕРМЕРСКИХ ХОЗЯЙСТВАХ ЛЕНИНГРАДСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ

Keywords: ORGANIC PRODUCTION, FACTORS, LENINGRAD REGION, STATE SUPPORT, FARMING

Abstract: The analysis of foreign experience in the implementation of organic standards by farmers is carried out, which identifies target groups that could be encouraged to introduce organic farming and identifies the socio-economic characteristics of the most sustainably functioning organic farms. Using the method of factor analysis of the results of a survey of 51 farmers in the Leningrad region, socio-economic factors representing barriers to the formation of an organic farming community were identified. According to the results of the study, one of the main catalysts for the development of organic agriculture was allocated state aid at the regional and district levels. As measures to strengthen state support for organic farmers, it is proposed to adjust measures to allocate land plots to them within the framework of the Leningrad Hectare program, increase activity in providing consultations on the specifics of certification and simplify the search for means of production allowed for use in organic agriculture by local competence centers to eliminate information asymmetry among farmers interested in organic farming. Using the example of a certified organic farm in the Leningrad region, the methods and various methods of increasing sales are shown, including through the use of combined marketing strategies and the integration of farming into the value chain of organic products of different lengths. Organic farms need to think more carefully about their marketing policy and independently design short chains of organic products - due to the diversification of activities and the formation of an additional direction - agrotourism.

Authors: Rakhimova Evgeniia Aleksandrovna, Dibirova KHapsat Abusupianovna