Z. P. Medelyaeva1, S. V. Goncharov1 , S. A. Golikova2 , A. V. Shishlyannikov1
1 Voronezh State Agrarian University named after Emperor Peter the Great, Voronezh, Russia
2 Lebedyan College of Industrial, Information Technologies and Management, Lebedyan, Lipetsk region, Russia
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Volume 25 No. 9
Date of paper submission: 14.12.2024, date of review: 23.05.2025, date of acceptance: 14.07.2025.
Published: 09/30/2025
Abstract. The purpose of the study is to develop approaches to improving state support, including in matters of state support for the domestic seed production system. The scientific significance of the article lies in substantiating the methodological approach; practical significance – in applying this approach when determining the level of state support for agricultural producers when switching to the use of domestic seeds. Methodology and methods. The methodological basis of the study was the systematic and integrated approaches that has been used to justify the import substitution of seeds; the statistical and economic method was used to characterize the trends in the use of domestic and imported seeds; the computational and constructive method was used to justify the required calculations. Results. Import substitution of agricultural seeds is an acute problem in Russia, where the share of imported seeds is currently high, especially for hybrid crops. In recent years, there has been subsidization of the construction of new breeding programs and seed centers, subsidization of interest rates when using bank loans to purchase necessary equipment, a significant increase in financing of budgetary research institutions, etc. At the same time, the share of imported seeds of industrial crops is very high. The Ministry of Agriculture of the country has made changes to the Federal Scientific and Technical Program for the development of agriculture for 2017– 2030 in terms of reducing the proportion of domestic seeds for potatoes and corn. To stimulate the domestic seed market, state support is provided only if domestic seeds are used. The results indicate that the amount of subsidies provided for the purchase of domestic seeds at the present stage is significantly less than the additional revenue that commodity producers can have when sowing industrial crops with seeds of imported origin. It is concluded that it is necessary to increase financing for the country's seed breeding industry in order to supply more competitive domestic varieties and hybrids to the Russian market, which will be an incentive for agricultural producers to purchase them. The scientific novelty lies in the substantiation of approaches to state regulation of the seed market in the context of their import substitution.
Keywords: selection, seed production, subsidies, crops, seed market, seed import, profit, profitability
For citation: Medelyaeva Z. P., Goncharov S. V., Golikova S. A., Shishlyannikov A. V. Subsidies as a factor of seed import substitution. Agrarian Bulletin of the Urals. 2025; 25 (09): 1456‒1466. https://doi.org/10.32417/1997-4868-2025-25-09-1456-1466 (In Russ.)
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