Large Russian agro-industrial holdings: current state and development prospects

Abstract

The article considers the problems of the state of the agrarian sector of the Russian economy at the stage 2014-2016, marked by the introduction of restrictive measures, political and economic sanctions from the United States, Canada, Australia and EU countries. It is shown that the sanctions pressure on the Russian economy initiated the growth of integration processes, including in the agrarian sector, which is most susceptible to imperfections in the market environment. Being one of the drivers of economic growth, the agrarian sector nevertheless by now exhausts the development potential on its own, which implies its active regulation by the state and, first of all, in the relative increase in the investment attractiveness of the sector.

Keywords

• agribusiness
• agroholdings
• livestock
• crop production
• investment attractiveness
• investment activity