ANALYSIS OF THE REGIONAL FOOD MARKET ECONOMIC POTENTIAL(Sughd region of the Republic of Tajikistan as a case study)
The article analyzes the economic potential of the food market and the dynamics of the number and composition of agricultural enterprises of the Sughd region. The article considers the yield of agricultural food crops in all categories of farms in the Sughd region. It is revealed how the growth of productivity of the main types of agricultural products is reflected in the dynamics of gross agricultural production. The impact of the policy of "open" economy in connection with the entry of the Republic of Tajikistan into the WTO on the food security of the country is considered. An assessment is made of the dynamics of imports of the main types of food products in the region for 2012-2017, as well as the dynamics of import prices for food products in the Sughd region for 2016-2017, which plays an important role in the conditions of import dependence of the Republic of Tajikistan. Thus, it was revealed that the economic potential of the regional food market includes the following main structural components: the volume of gross agricultural output, the food industry, imports of food products, etc. Based on the analysis of the structure of the economic potential and the regional food market, a balance of resources and their distribution was compiled, the tasks of increasing the efficiency of using the potential to improve the supply of food to the population were reflected.