A model for managing sustainable regional development of ecological agricultural enterprises in rural areas

Abstract

Based on the analysis of the activities of ecologically oriented farms and territories of Russia over the past ten years, and in particular the districts of the Belgorod region, we propose to implement a new management model using a game-theoretic approach in the practice of managing rural areas and an environmentally oriented agricultural collective. In the course of the study, we identified separate blocks of factors and methods that ensure the sustainable development of ecological agricultural holdings. Each block and method within the block is closely interconnected with all the others, and only a comprehensive implementation of the entire system of measures will allow us to achieve the maximum positive effect. In the course of the study, during 2010-2020, we conducted surveys of experts, in the capacity of which were both the settlers of the ancestral estates of the Belgorod region, and representatives of local, regional and regional authorities. The objectives of the expert method were: to determine the degree of influence of the methods we have identified in 5 blocks on the main indicators of the economic dynamics of the region’s districts and ancestral estates, to establish the leading principles that have a cardinal impact on economic trends.

A review on the competitiveness and performance of ecological, organic and regenerative agricultural systems

“…The concept of ecological agriculture incorporates the characteristics of natural ecosystems to construct agroecosystems; in the linear economy, the connections between natural ecosystems were disrupted in order to increase food and fiber production to meet human needs (Magdoff, 2007). Ecological agriculture is attempting to mitigate a shift in current production models and consumption habits, through which the goal of preserving natural resources for future generations can be achieved (Andrei et al, 2021;Dorofeev et al, 2022;Kiley-Worthington, 1981).…”