COMPETITION AND STATE AID AS A CONDITION FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
The article determines the peculiarities of the development of agricultural production in terms of economic sanctions of the United States and countries of the European Union against the Russian Federation in the year 2014. The necessity of sustainable agriculture for food security in Russia is justified. The concept of sustainable development was considered. The author clarified the concept of extensive development and its difference from the intense development. The necessity of intensive development of domestic agriculture was justified. The role of state support and state regulation as a factor of development was determined. The main directions of the state influence on the economy today were called. The author clarified the notion of tax incentives for agricultural production, considered the tax burden and the size of the government support for one of the small agricultural enterprises of Perm region as well as investigated the trend of the total government subsidies for agricultural production, studied the structure of state subsidies at the expense of federal, regional and local budgets. We considered the use of budgets of different levels as state aid. The features of support of individual farms in the state programme for the development of agriculture and management of agricultural markets, raw materials and food products were determined. We also clarified the impact of competition and state aid as a factor for development. Conclusion on the role of small farming in the food security of Permskii krai were given. Necessity of improvement of state support for agricultural production, increasing the share of small business in total volume of state subsidies to the agricultural sector of the economy were justified.