COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES OF THE AGRICULTURAL FOOD SYSTEM OF THE URAL REGION

In the context of import substitution in the food market and strengthening the economic security of Russia by reducing dependence on imports, the most urgent issue to protect the domestic food and agricultural raw materials market is to strengthen the competitive position of domestic agricultural production. The article presents the development priorities of the competitive advantages of the agro-food system of the Ural Federal District (AFS Ural Federal District); optimal directions of adaptation and formation of competitive advantages of the territorial segments of the AFPS of the Urals Federal District are proposed. The analysis of the current state of the territorial segments of the AFS of the Urals Federal District in the conditions of food import substitution, the results of which are formulated the conceptual foundations of the competitiveness of the territorial subjects of the food market. The study period is 2010—2018. The existing theoretical and practical experience of domestic and foreign authors on this issue is systematized, generalized and studied in detail. The necessity of developing a single conceptual position on the problem of enhancing the competitive advantages of territorial subjects of the food market is substantiated, the author’s position on the studied aspect is proposed. The scientific novelty of the developed methodology is to justify the optimal development model of the AFS of the Ural Federal District on the basis of diversification — innovative reorientation of the agro-food system subjects typical for the territories with the transfer of key characteristics from the sectoral to the territorial aspect. The analysis carried out in the course of the study unequivocally shows an increase in agricultural output in various categories of farms with a significant reduction in the basic opportunities for the production of competitive products, which means that the current competitive advantages are ensured by the excessive use of labor and increased exploitation of human capital.

agri-food system, competition, competitive advantages, food security, import substitution, diversification, distribution, industrial region, agricultural territories, resources.

Mineyeva N. N. Competitive advantages of the agricultural food system of the Ural region. Business. Education. Law, 2020, no. 2, pp. 89–92. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2020.51.204.