Priority Areas for the Development of the Mechanism of State Support for Agriculture at the regional level

Agriculture and the agro-industrial complex (AIC) as a whole are complex and technologically interconnected production systems, which include the production of agricultural products and the infrastructure supporting the processes of delivering food to consumers in order to address issues of food sovereignty. The state is called upon to protect domestic agricultural producers of all types of ownership from the negative factors associated with the sanctions regime of unfair foreign competition and, in accordance with the goals of import substitution, to create a favorable institutional environment to increase the competitiveness of domestic agricultural products in the domestic and foreign markets, and stimulate the development of integrated ties between agricultural producers. This article examines existing tools and mechanisms for supporting individual agricultural producers at the regional level. A comprehensive assessment is conducted to determine the current state of development of agricultural organizations and determine the contribution of budget subsidies to the key indicators of economic efficiency in the production of crops and livestock. The negative trends identified during the analysis—decreasing production and sales efficiency in livestock products, a weak material and technical base, and a decline in the number of employees in agricultural organizations—are largely due to the imperfections of the current state support mechanism. The inadequacy of the volume and targeted nature of budget support for agricultural organizations was determined, and a targeted approach to distributing subsidies aimed at creating an incentive mechanism for increasing the efficiency of agricultural production was proposed.