DOI 10.36461/NP.2023.67.3.021
UDC 635.21:(470.40)

CURRENT STATE AND PROSPECTS OF POTATO PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT IN THE PENZA REGION
I.Kh. Samandarzoda¹, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor,
E.V. Fudina², Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor,
N.N. Bekreneva², Candidate of Economic Sciences, Associate Professor,
E.V. Mayorkina², Lecturer
¹Tajik Agrarian University named after Shirinshoh Shotemur, Tajikistan, Dushanbe
²Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Penza State Agrarian University",
Penza, Russia, e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The article gives an overview of the current state of potato production in the Penza region and its prospects under modern economic conditions. Planning and forecasting, as well as the dynamics of production development are impossible without a reliable study of this or that dynamics of the type of production under study. The purpose of the study is to determine the main directions of potato production development at the regional level. It examines the development of potato production in agricultural enterprises of all categories in general and in agricultural organizations, households and peasant farms of the Penza region in particular. The following research methods were used in the preparation of the article: monographic, economic-statistical, abstract-logical. The authors have identified and analyzed the main indicators influencing the volume of potato production in the region. Based on the analysis of the dynamic series, the forecast of gross potato yield for the future is given using a set of trend models. The analysis of the main indicators of potato production in the Penza region showed that the area under cultivation tends to decrease, reaching a minimum in 2022. The potato yield indicator has had unstable dynamics in recent years and amounted to 137 centners per hectare in 2022. The Penza region belongs to the areas where potato resources are mainly formed by local agricultural producers. Conclusions are drawn about the prospects of potato production in the Penza region. The role of scientific research in improving the efficiency of potato farming in the region is determined.
Keywords: potato, cultivated land, gross yield, yield, dynamics indicators, trend models, forecast.

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