Developed agro-industrial complex is the way to meet food demand

2024 Author: Howard Calhoun | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 10:16

Many years ago, Maslow came up with a pyramid in which he distributed the benefits necessary for a person in order of importance. One of the priorities is the need for food. We get food thanks to agriculture, which, in turn, is part of the branches of the agrarian industrial complex (AIC). Every year, the global demand for food is growing, and the number of hungry people is increasing daily. Considering this and its internal needs, the agro-industrial complex of Russia works not only to ensure food security within the country, but also supplies food abroad. The positive moment in the agricultural activities of the federation is the size of the territory and the presence of different temperature regions. This allows you to grow a huge amount of products, practically refusing to import.

Agribusiness concept. His spheres

Agro-industrial complex is a harmonious and well-coordinated work of industries that aim to meet the needs of the population in food. In addition, this tandem supplies a variety of raw materials to industries, and also solves social issues.

APK is a complex consisting of three spheres. The first united the industries,participating in the direct supply of agriculture with the means of production it needs. These include machines, equipment, various equipment and so on. The second area is agriculture - the largest of all three. Its share in the agro-industrial complex is at least 70% of the total volume of the complex. Harvesting, transportation, processing, storage, packaging, marketing of products are carried out by a set of branches of the third sphere.

So it was a few years ago. At the present stage, in the developed agrarian complex, a fourth sphere is also distinguished - infrastructure. It brought together industries that do not independently produce any products and materials, but have a huge impact on the lives of people in rural areas. These include: social (schools, kindergartens), service (post office, shops, hairdressers), information (television and radio) and other branches.

Subcomplexes and units of the AIC

The structure of the agro-industrial complex includes two main subcomplexes:

1. Food - this division produces and sells food (fruits, vegetables, meat, milk, wine, etc.).
2. Raw material - this subcomplex supplies the industry with the agricultural raw materials it needs (cotton, flax, etc.).

APK is a kind of pyramid, consisting of several steps. The very first element in the formation of this complex was and still is personal subsidiary plots, farms, all kinds of agricultural partnerships and associations. Then large cooperatives and collective farms follow. All this is combined into the agro-industrial complex of the district, then the region and the country.

Economics of the agro-industrial complex

Agro-industrial complex is a "family" of industries united by the division of labor, which, depending on the demand for food, try to satisfy this demand. There are many sciences that are engaged in the study of this complex. Thus, the economics of the agro-industrial complex reveals the rationality of using certain types of resources to obtain any final product. Also, this section of the national economy finds ways to improve, develop and increase the efficiency of the complex and all its industries. It is the economy that determines whether progress is being made in the agro-industrial complex of a country in an intensive or extensive way.

In many developed countries, a huge number of people are employed in agriculture. It is the scale of the agro-industrial complex that has an impact on the well-being, standard of living of the population and ensuring the food security of the country.