ASSESSMENT OF SUSTAINABILITY OF PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
Purpose: to identify and justify the stability of trends in the size of agricultural production according to farms of all categories in the territory of the Russian Federation. Discussion: based on the analysis of studies on this topic, the necessity of using separate methodological approaches is substantiated, allowing the study to comply with the principles of sufficiency and adequacy; scientific approaches to the definition of the concept of sustainability in agriculture are presented; the main indicators are given that allow to form a judgment on the stability of the study of the time series; justified the choice of the study period. Results: an assessment was made of the sustainability of the production of the main types of agricultural products that form a significant part of the food basket of the country's population; revealed a steady increase in the production of grain and meat since 2010, and milk since 2017; substantiated conclusions were made on future trends in production with the implementation of state support measures.