Studying the structural changes in the volume of agricultural crop production in the regional agro-industrial complex

Ryazan State Agrotechnological University Named after P.A. Kostychev, 390048, Ryazan, Russia

^* Corresponding author: ay.gusev@mail.ru

Abstract

The system for assessing efficiency in the modern economy of agricultural production usually deals with monetary terms, which does not always reflect the essence of the processes taking place, because in market conditions, a constantly changing price distorts indicators of the scale of production activity. To assess the scale of production objectively, it is quite acceptable and advisable to use natural indicators that assess production volumes, or recalculate them into comparable prices. In recent years, the region has been changing its production structure, focusing on the production of crop products, primarily grain. The growth in volumes is ensured by two key production factors, the availability of sown areas (extensive factor) and crop yields (intensive factor). The structural changes taking place in the region have changed the structure of production, and therefore the degree of influence of key factors on production volumes. In conditions of spatial limitation of areas occupied by agricultural land, the impossibility of their further expansion in the region, in the foreseeable future extensive factors of production will fade away without having a significant impact on production growth, therefore, special attention should be paid to intensive growth factors, namely, the development measures aimed at increasing agricultural yields.