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<p>The paper discusses competitiveness of the agro-industrial sector, which is a multifaceted concept that characterizes its ability to compete in both domestic and foreign markets. Ukraine has significant opportunities to develop the agricultural sector and turn it into a highly efficient branch of economy. Favorable soil and climate conditions, and fertile land contribute to its further development, obtaining agricultural crops in volumes sufficient to meet domestic needs and build export potential. The production process of agricultural goods takes longer than in industry. Therefore, at the stage of determination of the production program of an agricultural enterprise, it is very difficult to respond on time to changes in consumer demand and increase the product competitiveness within the already established production schemes in the markets. Therefore, the purpose of our study is to evaluate the effectiveness of growing the studied crops in a typical farm in Central Ukraine and offer a roadmap for making management decisions when planning a production program. For this purpose, a method based on calculations of the gross margin, total expenses, production thresholds, profitability, and payback of production factors was chosen.</p>
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The paper discusses competitiveness of the agro-industrial sector, which is a multifaceted concept that characterizes its ability to compete in both domestic and foreign markets. Ukraine has significant opportunities to develop the agricultural sector and turn it into a highly efficient branch of economy. Favorable soil and climate conditions, and fertile land contribute to its further development, obtaining agricultural crops in volumes sufficient to meet domestic needs and build export potential. The production process of agricultural goods takes longer than in industry. Therefore, at the stage of determination of the production program of an agricultural enterprise, it is very difficult to respond on time to changes in consumer demand and increase the product competitiveness within the already established production schemes in the markets. Therefore, the purpose of our study is to evaluate the effectiveness of growing the studied crops in a typical farm in Central Ukraine and offer a roadmap for making management decisions when planning a production program. For this purpose, a method based on calculations of the gross margin, total expenses, production thresholds, profitability, and payback of production factors was chosen.

Economic Efficiency and Internal Competitive Advantages of Grain Production in the Central Region of Ukraine

Faculty of Agrarian Management, Department of Administrative Management and Foreign Economic Activity

National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine

Agrobiological Faculty, Department of fodder production, reclamation and meteorology

State Agrarian and Engineering University in Podilia

Agricultural Engineering

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The paper discusses competitiveness of the agro-industrial sector, which is a multifaceted concept that characterizes its ability to compete in both domestic...

Economic Efficiency and Internal Competitive Advantages of Grain Production in the Central Region of Ukraine

Publié en ligne: 24 mai 2021

Pages: 51 - 62

Reçu: 01 mars 2021

Accepté: 01 mai 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/agriceng-2021-0004

Mots clés
economic efficiency, internal competitive advantages, grain production

© 2021 Nataliia Kovalenko et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Economic Efficiency and Internal Competitive Advantages of Grain Production in the Central Region of Ukraine

Publié en ligne: 24 mai 2021

Pages: 51 - 62

Reçu: 01 mars 2021

Accepté: 01 mai 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/agriceng-2021-0004

Mots cléseconomic efficiency, internal competitive advantages, grain production

© 2021 Nataliia Kovalenko et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Mots clés
economic efficiency, internal competitive advantages, grain production