CURRENT STATUS AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS OF INDUSTRIES OF SPHERES I AND III OF RUSSIAN AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
The Agro-Industrial Complex plays a leading role in the production of agricultural raw materials and the provision of food to the population of Russia, while one of the main conditions for its dynamic development is the balance of all three spheres, since their contribution to the cost of the final product can be judged by the emerging imbalances. In particular, the insufficiently high level of development of the sphere I of the Agro-Industrial Complex reduces the poverty of material and technical base of agriculture, its production potential and results of functioning. Outdated technologies of the food and processing industry do not allow creating an abundance of high-quality food products and force to lower prices for raw materials purchased from agricultural producers. In this regard, the authors conducted research to assess the current status of the Agro-Industrial Complex, identify problems and trends in the development of the spheres I and III of the AIC as the most important components of the country's economy. In the course of the work, a systematic approach, abstract-logical, dialectical, economic-statistical, predictive and computational-constructive research methods were used. Trends in the volume of production of agricultural machinery, mineral fertilizers, food and processing industry products have been studied. The problems and factors determining the development and degradation of certain industries of the spheres I and III of the Agro-Industrial Complex are identified, the current status of these industries is assessed and reserves for their growth and development are determined. Conclusions are drawn about the negative impact of the liberal reforms of the 90s of the twentieth century, about the need and possibility of developing the spheres I and III of the AIC of the Russian Federation in order to improve domestic agriculture, product quality, increase the assortment, more fully provide the country's population with food and expand food exports.