THE PROSPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT OF DAIRY CATTLE BREEDING IN RUSSIA

Issue № 12, 2016, article № 10, pages 59-64

Section: Agrofood market

Language: Russian

Original language title: ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ РАЗВИТИЯ МОЛОЧНОГО СКОТОВОДСТВА В РОССИИ

Keywords: MILK, PRODUCTION, FOOD SECURITY, LIVESTOCK OF ANIMALS, BREEDING BUSINESS, PACKAGE OF MEASURES

Abstract: The current situation with self-sufficiency by milk and dairy products is presented in article, and also measures for elimination of the factors constraining development of dairy cattle breeding in the Russian Federation are proposed. Despite the positive shifts reached in recent years in agrarian and industrial complex in general the situation in dairy cattle breeding remains critical. Among the major factors exerting negative impact on development of subsector are noted: deficiency of farm animals for formation of optimum structure of herd and modern livestock complexes; a long investment cycle at implementation of projects in dairy cattle breeding; difficulty of access of dairy products of small farms to sales markets; low level of breeding work in comparison with the leading countries in this direction; insufficient competitiveness of domestic dairy products; personnel and technological "hunger". Authors offer use of a package of measures which will allow to eliminate the factors constraining development of dairy cattle breeding, in particular: formation of a livestock of animals sufficient for self-sufficiency of need of the population for dairy products; increase in efficiency of conducting breeding business; providing a livestock of animals with the corresponding conditions of keeping (including reconstruction and modernization of livestock complexes); development of small farms taking into account their special role in development of dairy cattle breeding; formation at producers of milk of refinery capacities.

Authors: IUdin Evgenii Aleksandrovich, IUdina Tatiana Anatolevna, Porfirov Pavel Aleksandrovich