Improvement of state regulation of the agrarian sector of the sub-arctic and arctic areas under the WTO membership

• Published in: Economic and social changes: facts, trends, forecast / Экономические и социальные перемены: факты, тенденции, прогноз
• Main Author: Valentin Aleksandrovich Ivanov
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Russian
• Published: Russian Academy of Sciences, Vologda Research Center 2015
• Subjects: agriculture; state regulation; financial support; WTO; Arctic sub-region; Republic of Komi; Sociology (General); HM401-1281; Arctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15838/esc/2014.6.36.12; https://doaj.org/article/2f7afa75ea244983ac360c168531d504

The article substantiates the necessity to change the role of the state in technological and socio-economic development of the agricultural sector. The author considers the forms and methods of state regulation and analyses the current budget support provided to agriculture; he highlights its drawbacks with regard to sub-arctic and arctic territories of the Republic of Komi. The article shows the influence of state support on the farmers’ level of income and identifies modernization risks and threats under Russia’s WTO membership. The author proposes measures to improve state support of the agrarian sector and change the adverse conditions of its functioning. He substantiates the approach that helps improve the state regulation of the agrarian sector in the framework of regional and municipal programs for rural development