AGRO-ECONOMIC SCIENCE OF SIBERIA IN SOLVING PROBLEMS OF AGRO-INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION: THE PAST AND THE PRESENT

Abstract

There are considered the main stages of developing the Siberian Research Institute of Agricultural Economics as a center of agro-economic research in the territory of Siberia. There are presented the main research products of the scientists working in the field of economics in different periods of the development of agro-industrial production. Among them are suggestions and recommendations on the transition of Siberian agriculture to the industrial basis, production resources conservation, territorial distribution and specialization of agriculture, economic stimulation of agricultural production, and creation of the food basis in the areas of the new industrial development. A great emphasis in agro-economic investigations is made on the issues of innovative development of agro-industrial production and food market of Siberia. The fundamental investigations of the scientists find their applications in the complete elaborations, which are put into practice. It is shown that the agro-economic science of Siberia has a pronounced research strategy linked to solving tasks of the agribusiness industry, and is able to increase its contribution to the sustainable development of agriculture.