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Optimizing the Production Parameters of Peasant Holdings for Industrial Development in the Digitalization Era
Andrey Tuskov (Penza State University, Russia), Anna Goldina (Penza State University, Russia), Olga Luzgina (Penza State University, Russia), and Olga Salnikova (Penza State University, Russia)
Copyright: © 2020
|Pages: 20
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-1581-5.ch007
Abstract
One of the determining factors for ensuring regional food security is the sectoral structure of production. It determines the specialization and combination of industries, on which the degree of tension, balance, and economic efficiency of the production program of peasant farming depends. This is achieved subject to the proportionality of the elements of the sectoral complex. For this, it is necessary to coordinate production volumes with available resources, the level of intensification of crop production and animal husbandry, the size of crops, individual crops, and livestock, etc. The size of peasant farms and their structure (the composition and area of land, the combination and size of main and additional industries, the structure of crops) depend on many natural and economic factors. There are various options for the organization of production and territory for the same farming with certain resources of land, labor, and capital. The main task is to choose the optimal one that corresponds to the interests of the farmer and gives the maximum economic effect.