INCREASING THE INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVENESS OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN RUSSIA

Abstract

The article studies the management system of investment attractiveness in the agricultural sector. The authors set the task of analytical (evaluation of investment attractiveness of the Russian agricultural sector using economicmathematical and economic-statistical methods) and research plans (to identify problems of increasing investment attractiveness and suggest the best ways to eliminate them). The purpose of the article is to determine the main directions of increasing the investment attractiveness of the agricultural sector in the Russian Federation.We used the following methods: a content analysis of the legal framework and scientific publications on the investment attractiveness of the agricultural sector, economic, statistical, and econometric analysis of the dynamics of the industry using special software applications (STATISTICA package).Over the past three years, the dynamics of investment in fixed capital in the agricultural sector is steadily increasing, but the volume of loans attracted is almost twice as high as the volume of investment (hence, loans are attracted to solve current problems). Investment activity in agriculture is unstable, as evidenced by the coefficients of structural shifts in the investment process. State participation in agriculture is high, but it does not stimulate economic growth. The practical purpose and scientific value of the article are to build a holistic and logical vision in solving the problems of increasing the investment attractiveness of the agricultural sector.We highlighted a number of latent factors that limit the investment attractiveness of the agricultural sector: high debt burden of enterprises, low innovative activity, the use of outdated technologies, inefficient organization and use of outdated approaches to the management of agricultural enterprises and of the industry as a whole.The article concludes that institutional changes and reforms are needed, which should be directed: first, to change the sectoral structure by increasing the level of technological effectiveness of agricultural production; second, to change the role of the state in the processes of functioning and development of the industry (the gradual rejection of protectionism in favor of competition).

Keywords

• сельское хозяйство
• агропромышленный сектор
• инвестиционная привлекательность
• отрасль
• институциональные реформы
• государственная поддержка