Open AccessORGANIC AGRICULTURE —NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND PROSPECTS FORDEVELOPMENT IN THE NORTHERN REGION (THE CASE OF THE MURMANSK REGION)
Author(s) -
V. N. Maretskaya
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
sever i rynok: formirovanie èkonomičeskogo porâdka
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2220-802X
DOI - 10.37614/2220-802x.2.2020.69.007
Subject(s) - organic farming , agriculture , business , population , tourism , investment (military) , indigenous , agricultural economics , rural area , natural resource economics , economic growth , geography , economics , political science , ecology , demography , archaeology , sociology , politics , law , biology
The relevance of considering the development of organic agriculture in the Russian North is due to the fact that this segment of agriculture has been functioning steadily in many countries for several decades in parallel with traditional agriculture, having a positive impact on many aspects of the society's development. Organic farming contributes to a number of important tasks, being a form of farming that emphasizes the elimination of synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. Organic farming reduced the negative impact on the environment and preserved soil fertility. The production of organic products directly affects the improvement of people’s health, providing the population with high-quality, safe, and healthy food. Organic agriculture provides a wider opportunity to develop small and medium-sized enterprises in the industry, which in modern conditions are not able to compete with the price of large agricultural producers. The opportunities for Russian producers in this area are expanding, and the prospects for our country's entry into the world market of ecologically friendly products appear with the adoption of the law on organic products in Russia in2020. The development of organic agriculture for the regions of the Russian North is an opportunity to generate additional income from the production of ecological, low-transportable products by small and medium-sized businesses, increase employment of the rural population, attract investment in the developing and growing popularity of rural tourism, and preserve and expand activities of the traditional sectors of the indigenous population.The article examines the opportunities and prospects for the development of organic agriculture in one of the regions of the North of Russia —the Murmansk region, based on the analysis of international experience in the organic farming development, the experience of Russian agricultural producers, taking into account the separate legislative regulation that arises in connection with the specifics of relations in the process of allocating organic agriculture as a special direction of agricultural production. It is concluded thatorganic agriculture is one of the most promising areas of diversification of regional and local economies for the Murmansk region, creating potential growth points, especially for remote rural settlements.