Economic Diagnostics of the Agricultural Sector in Russia and Potential for the Development of Crop Production in the Crimea
Agriculture is an integral branch of the national economy, which is of strategic importance and ensures the country's food security. Prospects for the development of the agricultural sector of the Russian Federation and improvement of agricultural production is an objective prerequisite for a stable and dynamic socio-economic development of the country. This industry plays an important role in the development of the entire economy, as well as in solving problems of material and social security. The purpose of the article is to conduct diagnostics of the agrarian sector of Russia, to identify and substantiate the potential for the development of crop production in the Crimea. The article considers the current state of the agrarian sector of the Russian economy and analyzes the main indicators of agricultural development. The dynamics of agricultural production in Russia has been analyzed, data on crop collection, grain stocks in the Russian Federation, and grain exports have been studied. A matrix of SWOT analysis is drawn up, demonstrating the strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities and threats to the development of agriculture in the Republic of Crimea. Based on the scientific justification for these indicators, an attempt was made to characterize the main trends in the development of the agrarian sector of the economy. The potential for the development of the crop sector in the Crimea has been substantiated. The information base for the study is the data: the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation, the expert-analytical center of agribusiness "AB-Center", the Federal State Statistics Service and the territorial agency of the Federal State Statistics Service in the Republic of Crimea. The work also applies the research of Russian scientists in the field of diagnostics of the development of the agricultural sector. Research methods used in the article: monographic, general logical methods of cognition (observation, analysis, synthesis, generalization, system approach), general scientific methods of empirical research (economic monitoring), etc.