S. P. Vorobyev1, V. V. Vorobyeva1 , A. S. Savchenko2 , T. I. Valetskaya2
1 Altai State University, Barnaul, Russia
2 Altai branch of the Russian Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, Barnaul, Russia
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Volume 25 No. 1
Date of paper submission: 15.07.2024, date of review: 08.10.2024, date of acceptance: 28.10.2024
Published: 01/31/2025
Abstract. The purpose of the study is to identify the main trends in the production of sunflower oil seeds at the global level, in the main regions of sunflower cultivation in Russia, including in the Altai Territory, to assess the effectiveness of the placement of sunflower crops in the natural and climatic zones of the Altai Territory and the impact of structural shifts on the profitability of sunflower in the region. Methods. The economic and statistical research method and the method of deterministic factor analysis were used. Results. Russia is the leader among the countries of the world in the gross harvest of sunflower oil seeds, but sunflower cultivation in Russia is not carried out everywhere, but is characterized by a high concentration in 7 regions. In 1990–2023, the gross harvest of sunflower oil seeds increased 5.0 times, but the main growth is provided by federal districts with lower yields. In the Altai Territory, the cultivation of profitable sunflower is carried out in all natural and climatic zones with a significant concentration in the more arid steppe and forest-steppe territories of the region, but the variation in profitability is significant – from 26.6 % to 153.9 %. A direct high dependence of the profitability of production and sunflower yield has been revealed, for other factors (costs per 1 hectare of sowing, specific labor intensity of products), the tightness and direction of communication varies over the years, which is due to changes in the price situation in the oilseed market and the market of production resources. In the context of the natural and climatic zones of the region, the impact of structural shifts on profitability is insignificant. The scientific novelty: the specific features of the development of sunflower cultivation in Russia have been identified, associated with high regional concentration; high dependence of profitability of production on the territories of sowing, competition of producers with different production sizes, as well as the fact that the sunflower oil seed market is currently characterized as a “buyer’s market”.
Keywords: oilseeds, global agricultural markets, concentration of production, Altai Territory, index analysis, hydrothermal coefficient of humidification, spatial intraregional distribution of crops, profitability of production, export
For citation: Vorobyev S. P., Vorobyeva V. V., Savchenko A. S., Valetskaya T. I. The efficiency of the placement of sunflower oil seed production in the Altai Territory. Agrarian Bulletin of the Urals. 2025; 25 (01): 94‒105. DOI: https://doi.org/10.32417/1997-4868-2025-25-01-94-105 (In Russ.)
Acknowledgments. The study was supported by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation (project number 24-28-20309) “Monitoring the efficiency of reproductive processes in regional agriculture in the context of transformation of its territorial and sectoral structure, holdingization of agricultural production, state regulation of food markets and export activities of agricultural entities.”
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