Open AccessABSOLUTE CONCENTRATION CHANGES IN THE KURSK REGION AGRICULTURE IN THE CONTEXT OF MICROZONES AND BRUNCHES
Author(s) -
G. I. Barbysheva
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
izvestiâ ûgo-zapadnogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2686-6757
pISSN - 2223-1560
DOI - 10.21869/2223-1560-2017-21-1-83-94
Subject(s) - context (archaeology) , production (economics) , agriculture , profitability index , scale (ratio) , agricultural economics , sunflower , geography , agricultural science , mathematics , business , environmental science , economics , cartography , archaeology , finance , combinatorics , macroeconomics
The article gives an analysis of the term "production concentration", explains the interdependence of concentration and specialization in the field of agricultural production, justifies the application of "production profitability" indicator to assess the scale positive effect in the industry through the analyses of the changes over the thirteen-year period 2002-2015.To achieve the research objectives it has been decided not to use value levels to avoid time incompatibility. The article is devoted to the research of absolute production concentration changes in the agricultural field of the Kursk region in the context of microzones, industries brunches and sub-brunches. The author has used the grouping method, correlation-regression analysis and time series analysis. Moreover variability indicators have also been applied. . Regional agricultural enterprises were grouped according to the micro-zones: south-western, north-western, eastern and suburban. The study was conducted taking into account the largest agricultural sub-brunches which are of greatest importance for the regional economy: grain production, sugar beet production, oil production (sunflower, soybean, rape), dairy and beef cattle, pork, sheep and poultry production. The most significant results of the study are represented in graphic form. These are the graphs that enable to track the indicator changes in three angles (coor-dinates): the number of enterprises, enterprise scale (by industry), time. Thus, the graph simultaneously shows how the number of enterprises has changed with the passing time and how the average scale of the industry changes over time. Then, the comparisons of the values achieved in the microzone section and inter-branch comparisons are made. It was concluded that in most agricultural branches of the Kursk region, the increase in production scale was accompanied by the increase in production profitability and, consequently, there is a positive effect of production scale. Support at federal, regional and local levels is required to create enabling environment for further business scale growth in the leading agricultural sub-branches.