Specifics of agricultural sector state support: domestic and foreign experience

Abstract

The comparative analysis of agriculture state support in Russia and world’s top economies is conducted in the article. Some aspects of transformation of the national state support system of agricultural sector are studied. The methodology of the stated problem research is built upon the system of general scientific and local methods and techniques. The information-analytical basis of the study includes the data of the Ministry of Agriculture, the data of the Federal State Statistics Service of Russian Federation and agricultural statistical data of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The assessment of the level of agricultural production state support in Russia is carried out in the article. The in-depth comprehensive economic analysis of financial structure of the updated areas of the State Program for agricultural development in Russia is performed. It is proved that in line with the consolidation of state support actions regarding the disposition of the “united subsidy”, the regional authorities managed to identify and significantly expand the priority areas of the industrydevelopment.