FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMIC FOUNDATIONS OF BREEDING CATTLE: THE SCIENTIFIC PATH OF PAVLO IVANOVYCH SHARAN (to the 85th anniversary from birthday)

The article highlights the life and scientific career of the well-known Ukrainian scientist in the field of agricultural and animal husbandry economics, Candidate of Economic Sciences, Senior Researcher Pavlo Ivanovych Sharan (1941–2024). The main stages of his scientific, organizational, and pedagogical activities are characterized. The scientist’s research achievements in the field of economic substantiation of the efficient use of breeding resources in dairy and beef cattle breeding are systematized. Special attention is paid to the methodological approaches developed by P. I. Sharan to the assessment of the economic efficiency of cattle breeding, economic evaluation of breeds, formation of prices for breeding resources, as well as justification of mechanisms of state support for the conservation of the gene pool of farm animals. It is shown that his research had a comprehensive interdisciplinary character and combined economic analysis with biological, breeding, and genetic factors. The contribution of the scientist to the organization of research in the economics of breeding, management of breeding resources, and the functioning of experimental farms is highlighted. Emphasis is placed on the practical orientation of his scientific developments, the results of which were implemented in farms in various regions of Ukraine. The human dimension of the scientist’s personality is also revealed, including his organization skills, high professional standards, fairness, mentoring role, and strong sense of responsibility for research outcomes. The relevance of P. I. Sharan’s scientific heritage for the modern development of dairy and beef cattle breeding is substantiated.