ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS OF ORGANIC PRODUCTS IN RUSSIA

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Александр Юрьевич Павлов Александр Алексеевич Кудрявцев

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The article examines the performance indicators of agricultural producers included in the register of organic producers. The purpose of the study is to assess the financial performance of these producers as an incentive to transition from traditional to organic agriculture. The studied producers – legal entities were grouped according to the direction of economic activity: crop production (with predominant cultivation of grain crops) and mixed agriculture (crop production and animal husbandry). Dynamics of indicators of revenue, profit from sales, profitability of sales by groups of farms is studied. The analysis of the composition and structure of the portfolio of organic products of the studied organizations is carried out, its impact on the financial results of activities is estimated.

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Agricultural economics and policies

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