Regional Features and Key Factors of Structural Changes in the Agro-Industrial Sector of the Economy
https://doi.org/10.21686/2073-1051-2025-84-97
Abstract
The development of the agro-industrial sector of the economy is highly dependent on regional factors. Dynamically evolving technologies in crop production, livestock farming, and the food industry are leading to inevitable changes in the structure of economic entities in the agro-industrial sector. Digitalization processes, which are designed to improve the level of food security in our country, also play a certain role. Today, the development of the agro- industrial sector is facing increasing pressure from a combination of factors. Regional factors are clearly having a significant impact on the changing structure of agro-industrial enterprises. Significant regional peculiarities are observed in economic, social, demographic, climatic, scientific and technical factors. The article examines the features of structural changes in the agro-industrial sector of the regions of the Volga Federal District, occurring at the present stage under the influence of a combination of factors. An analysis of changes in the share of ownership of agricultural land in the regions of the district was conducted and they were grouped depending on the area of land and the share of private ownership, ownership of legal entities, state and municipal ownership. Prospective directions for structural changes in the agro-industrial sector of the Volga Federal District regions are proposed.
About the Authors
G. M. Zinchuk
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Plekhanov Russian University of Economics”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Zinchuk Galina M., Dr. Sc. (Econ.), Professor of the Department of State and Municipal Administration
36, Stremyanny Lane, Moscow, 109992
T. P. Maksimova
Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Plekhanov Russian University of Economics”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Maksimova Tatiana P., Cand. Sc. (Econ.), Associate Professor Department of Economic Theory
36, Stremyanny Lane, Moscow, 109992
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Zinchuk G.M., Maksimova T.P. Regional Features and Key Factors of Structural Changes in the Agro-Industrial Sector of the Economy. Federalism. 2025;30(4):84-97. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.21686/2073-1051-2025-84-97
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