TRENDS AND PROSPECTS OF HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY IN THE KALININGRAD REGION
The status, problems and prospects of the horticultural industry development in the Kaliningrad region under the conditions of food sanctions and embargo are considered. The Kaliningrad region horticultural industry is a strategically important agricultural and economic industry as whole, because its development is a basis of provision for food security of the exclave region. The status of the horticultural industry is studied by using the analysis of the dynamics of the main economic indicators, in particularly, the volume of gross collection, cultivated areas and harvesting capacity. The dynamics of budgetary appropriation volumes of agricultural development sub-programs, regionally funded, is analyzed. The special attention is given to the dynamics of the resource production and use of vegetables and melon crops in 2012-2014. The political, economic, social and technical factors, which prevented the stable and effective development of the horticultural industry in the Kaliningrad region, are analyzed. The development of the effective system of the own horticultural farming in the Kaliningrad region has to become a priority task for the regional government, aimed at provision of the regional food security, improving competitiveness of the Russian enterprises and strengthening of the regional economy, as a whole.