Prospects for the Development of Regional Sunflower Oil Production

Abstract

For 2010 - 2018 the role of sunflower in the agricultural production of the region has increased significantly, due to the high payback of this crop. Against the background of expanding acreage and yield growth, there is a significant increase in gross harvest of oilseeds. However, a high level of supply slows down the growth rates of the selling price and the efficiency of the industry. As a result, it is necessary to search for reserves to increase the profitability of sunflower oil seed production in the region. In order to study the influence of a number of factors on the profitability of sunflower production, agricultural organizations of the Ulyanovsk region carried out a correlation and regression analysis. The sample was carried out on 74 organizations involved in the cultivation of sunflower. The quantitative characteristics obtained in the course of the correlation-regression study indicate a significant impact on the efficiency of the industry on the level of yield of sunflower. Thus, with an increase in crop yield by 1 centners per hectare, the profitability of production increases by 2.11 percentage points. Seed costs and selling prices have a significant impact on the growth of profitability of sunflower production. With an increase in the selling price of 1 rub. The industry’s efficiency increases by an average of 0.11 ppt. Increase in the share of seed costs in total production costs by 1 percentage point leads to an increase in the effective trait by 0.1 percentage points. The dynamic development of sunflower oil seed production in the region is possible only on the basis of the activation of innovative processes that affect the efficiency and competitiveness of the industry. A possible innovation in the development of the oilseeds production and storage system in the absence of its own modern elevator capacities is the use of prefabricated storage facilities, the system of which provides for active ventilation, air cooling, and product quality control.