A. M. Lentochkin, A. V. Nikitina, T. G. Lekontseva
Udmurt State Agricultural University, Izhevsk, Russia
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Volume 25 No. 3
Date of paper submission: 09.06.2024, date of review: 05.11.2024, date of acceptance: 29.11.2024.
Published: 03/31/2025
Abstract. The world population is constantly increasing and at the same time the need for food products, including fruit and berry products, is increasing. The Russian Federation has the necessary natural conditions for a significant increase perennial plantings of fruit and berry crops, increasing yields and gross yields. But Russia remains a major importer of fruit and berry products, including those that could be successfully grown and exported to other countries. The purpose of the research is to assess the state and establish regularities of the dynamics of indicators of the production of fruit and berry products. Methods. During the research, methods were used to systematize, compare and analyze statistical data on the areas of perennial plantings, yields and gross yields of fruit and berry products published by the State Statistics Committee, Eurostat, FAO. Results. Based on the analysis, it was revealed that the production of fruit and berry products in Russia has been increasing in recent years, the average yield has reached 10–12 t/ha, which provided the average Russian citizen with 33 kg of fruits and berries per capita in 2021. This was significantly less than in other countries of the world. The analysis shows that most of the area of cultivated fruit and berry crops in the Russian Federation falls on household farms – 62 %. This structure is due to the fact that most of the grown products are used for personal consumption and not for commercial purposes. The lack of an established market for the sale of perishable fruit and berry products and the necessary material base for their storage and processing inhibits large farms from investing in expensive projects for commercial production of these risky products, delays the transition to modern intensive varieties and intensive technologies for growing fruit and berry crops, and makes it difficult to solve the problem on import substitution and fulfilling the goal of the Food Security Doctrine to achieve a level of self-sufficiency in fruits and berries of at least 60 %. Scientific novelty. Based on the latest domestic, EU and global statistical data, an assessment is given of the state of production of fruit and berry products and the level of achievement of food security in the country according to this indicator.
Keywords: fruit growing, berry growing, area of perennial plantings, productivity, gross yield, food security
For citation: Lentochkin A. M., Nikitina A. V., Lekontseva T. G. Analysis of production status fruit and berry products. Agrarian Bulletin of the Urals. 2025; 25 (03): 381‒391. https://doi.org/10.32417/1997-4868-2025-25-03-381-391 (In Russ.)
