The paper deals with the issues of improving the economic efficiency of grain processing enterprises through the introduction of the developed technologies of extrusion and flour production from extruded grains of the main cereal crops. The comparison of the output norms in the processing of grain from the main cereal crops on the existing and developed technologies was carried out. The calculations of the flour production efficiency showed that the processing of wheat will increase the volume of marketable products by 10.0 %, barley – by 14.8 %, oat – by 22.3 %, in this regard, the profitability of production of new high-yield types of flour will increase: wheat by 15 %, barley – by 29.3 %, oat – by 45.6%. Crops have a higher economic effect in the production of extruded flour due to the low cost of raw materials and a decrease in technological waste.

The article is devoted to the problems of protecting and developing traditions and ways of life of indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North through employment. Stability of northern clans is reviewed through the problems related to the development of nature’s potential and the use of the northern territories’ biological resources, the creation of supporting agrarian zones in the inhabited areas and formation of relevant production infrastructure. The article addresses development directions of such traditional industries and trades of the North as reindeer herding, hunting and fishing, and gathering of forest foods. The authors chose for the research the Taymyr Dolgan-Nenets District and the Evenkiysky District of Krasnoyarsk Krai, which are home to a large group of indigenous small-numbered peoples of the North. Research methods include analysis of official and analytical reports, publications, regulations, results of field surveys, and economic calculations. It has been established that the districts under research have substantial resources for the development of traditional northern industries and trades. Having generalized the collected materials, the authors assessed the reserves of the areas’ biological resources, and potential production volumes for the traditional industries and trades, as well as determined locations for production infrastructure facilities. The main constraints to the development of the traditional industries and trades are the poor development of transportation infrastructure, the difficulties related to the export of goods from the areas, the monopolistic nature of the procurement of goods from indigenous peoples, and changes in the state approach to the management of northern territories.

The possibility of applying the principles of organic farming in the cultivation of spring rape is considered in the article. The adoption of the Federal law “On organic products and on amendments to certain legislative acts of the Russian Federation” contributed to the creation of an effective mechanism for the production and sale of organic products in accordance with international standards and the orientation of the export potential of culture not only to the APEC countries, but also to the EU countries. Based on the analysis of the existing legislation in the field of organic production of agricultural crops and the used technologies, as well as taking into account the requirements for organic production and products, production and auxiliary processes of organic agricultural production in the cultivation of spring rape were developed. The agrotechnological plan of spring rape cultivation on organic technology in the conditions of Krasnoyarsk territory was developed, and then technological maps of production of oilseeds on traditional technology and organic were developed. The comparative evaluation of two technologies was carried out; economic indicators of efficiency are calculated. The calculations showed that due to the increase in the number of seeding-down treatments, the cost of production by organic technology is 8.4% higher than in technologies with the use of chemical means of protection. Due to the high selling price, which is more by 14.9 %, the profitability of rapeseed production by organic technology increased by 16% compared to traditional.

The Arctic region and the Far North have an important strategic significance for the Russian Federation. These territories possess vast resources of mineral raw materials, as well as significant volumes of plant, water and animal resources. The industrial development of the Arctic region and the northern territories has considerable economic perspectives but it creates also external effects (externalities) for ecosystems and the local indigenous population. The purpose of this research is to determine the perspectives of the commercial development and processing of plant and animal raw materials in the areas of residence of the indigenous small-numbered peoples of the north of Krasnoyarsk Krai. The object of the research is the Arctic region and the northern territories of Krasnoyarsk Krai. The main types of plant and animal raw materials are berries, mushrooms, pine nuts, as well as meat and velvet of the reindeer. As a result of the research, the economic estimation of the operational reserves of certain types of forest edible resources was given. The potential volume of the domestic and wild reindeer velvet procurement reserve in Krasnoyarsk Krai was determined. The possible volumes of output of derivative products of plant and animal raw materials of the north of Krasnoyarsk Krai were calculated. The general estimation of the investment attractiveness of the branch was given. When revealing the perspectives of biological resources development, the main specific problems of irrational use of natural resources, access to the labor resources, institutional environment of hunting and cropping business were distinguished.

The paper considers the issues of the effectiveness of the integrated use of pesticides on crops of spring rape hybrids and their impact on crop productivity in the conditions of the Krasnoyarsk forest-steppe. The increase in the production of oilseed rape is primarily due to the use of intensive technologies in agriculture due to the limited sown area. The biological characteristics of spring rape require special attention to the means used to protect the culture from harmful organisms. The effect of insecticides, herbicides and fungicides of the “August” Company on the crop structure of 12 rapeseed hybrids was studied, and the biological and economic efficiency of their use was evaluated. The natural and climatic conditions of 2019 contributed to an increase in the number and variety of harmful organisms such as pests and weeds, so the role of the use of “August” Company drugs in the integrated protection of spring rape hybrids has increased. During the study, it was found that the combination of the use of Break, ME and Borey Neo, SK insecticides in pest control reduced their spread and harmfulness in all variants of the experiment to almost zero. The use of the fungicide Kolosal Pro, KME, led to the cleanliness of rapeseed plants from diseases. The highest level of profitability for KL hybrids was in the variant of the combined use of the Paradox, VRK + Grader VGR herbicides, respectively, in hybrids of the Halion and Estock herbicides that are unstable to imidazolinones.