Тренды устойчивого развития сельского хозяйства российских регионов в контексте обеспечения национальной и продовольственной безопасности страны (Dynamics and key directions of sustainable development of regional agriculture in the context of ensuring national and food security of the Russian Federation)

The article identifies the problems and features of agricultural productionin Russia’s regions. The main arguments proving the relevance of target qualitativeindicators in the methodology of regional management of the agricultural sector(improved efficiency of agricultural sector and increased output of agricultural andfood products to the level that ensures regional food security) were chosen according to the initial and projected situation in food supply. This allowed the authors to applystatistical forecasting methods and make a matrix of key directions in the developmentof agricultural production according to the national security requirements, to identifysignificant differences between Russia’s regions and to present an optimal ratio ofproductivity and profitability, production and consumption of agricultural productsfor each territory. Thus, the article provides general theoretical ideas adapted to thecurrent trends of social-economic and scientific-technical development to assess therole of agriculture and agro-industrial complex in Russian regions with different climaticconditions, and the authors formulate scientifically sound recommendations on thescope and directions for expanding agricultural specialization even in regions withunfavorable climatic conditions.