Abstract. Purpose of the study is improving the mechanism of state regulation of agricultural producers, due to the need to overcome the pandemic and prevent the recurrence of similar scenarios in the future. The object of research is an agricultural producer, belonging to the category of small business. The subject of the study is the relationship between the object of study and the state represented by government bodies and institutions involved in the provision of state support that may arise in the process of overcoming the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Research Methods. A theoretical analysis was used to identify threats from the coronavirus pandemic to agriculture and the agro-industrial complex as a whole. Comparison as a method of cognition was used when comparing the requirements of small businesses for state support and measures actually taken by the government. A systematic approach and modeling were used to summarize the experience of the functioning of the economy in a pandemic and to create patterns of behavior of small agribusiness entities. The method of scientific abstraction made it possible to present the most probable state of small business in the agro-industrial complex, depending on the provision or refusal of state regulatory influence on the economy in order to eliminate the damage caused by the pandemic. The rule of combining historical and logical in their unity allowed us to look at the coronavirus pandemic not as a unique phenomenon in the history of modern economics, but as a negative phenomenon that will potentially be reproduced in the future and the logic of counteraction which requires active intervention at the state level, and in the future - generalization, analysis and improvement of the experience gained. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study is composed of statistical data on the state of the world economy, consumption, unemployment, publications of news agencies and government officials on measures taken to deal with the consequences of the pandemic, existing programs for the development of the digital economy, as well as publications of leading scientists in the agricultural sector on digital problems economics. Results. Within the scope of this study, there were characterized the most negative consequences of the pandemic for the agro-industrial complex, there was carried out the analysis of announced and already taken measures to support entrepreneurship and were described behavior models of small agribusiness entities in the current situation. Scientific novelty. The authors have developed a new method for the rapid diagnosis of a small agribusiness subject, claiming to receive state support for regional and industry programs.

Abstract. The purpose of the research is to study the tools necessary to improve the quality of natural and organic agricultural products, as well as to increase the volume of their receipts and sales in the Russian agro-industrial complex and retail chains. In the context of the current crisis and sanctions from the United States and a number of countries of the European Union the problem of food security in our country is of particular importance. One of the main tasks of agriculture is not only solving the problem of import substitution by increasing the production of essential products, but also improving their quality. The analysis of the materials made it possible to assess the current state of the food market in Russia. The state mechanism for regulating prices in the food market was analyzed. To solve this problem, it is proposed to use the positive experience of China, Western European countries and our country in different historical periods. Methods. The basic research methods of the posed problem applied in the work are comparison, deduction, modeling, historical and logical methods. The result of the research carried out in this article is an attempt to establish the reasons for the insufficiently developed and implemented subsidized mechanism of state financing in the agricultural sector. In the course of the research, the prerequisites and reasons for the current circumstances were considered and indicated. The scientific novelty is based on the authors’ conclusion of a scientifically grounded concept about the need to bring the branches of agriculture within the framework of a mixed market economy into the non-market sector. This, in turn, can provide an urgent need for self-sufficiency.

Poultry farming is the most dynamically developing branch of animal husbandry, from which we receive such valuable products as eggs and meat. The main costs in the production of livestock products, including poultry, fall on feed, therefore increasing their digestibility, the use of compound feed from cheap domestic raw materials without reducing the nutritional value while fully providing poultry with the substances necessary for normal functioning is one of the ways to reduce the primecost. This is possible due to the use of new feed additives including biologically active substances, including enzymes that increase the digestibility of nutrients. The purpose of the work was to study the possibility of using the biologically active additive Ares in the production of broiler meat, including as a substitute for antibiotics. It was found as a result of the conducted studies, that the chicks from the 2nd experimental group received the drug Ares in the amount of 0,6 g/kg of compound feed had the greatest live weight. Lower indicators occurred in broiler chickens of the 1st and 2nd experimental groups. However, they exceeded the normative indicators of the cross Coob 500 and the results of the control group by live weight at the age of 36 days. According to the growth periods, broiler chickens grew unevenly and diff ered signifi cantly among themselves by groups. So, in the fi rst 7 days of the rearing of the group, there was almost no diff erence in the growth rate. Only broiler chickens of the 1st experimental group achieved the standard growth indicators, the diff erence in other groups compared with the standard was 7,6 and 33,1 g or 3,5-15,3 %. The superiority of broiler chickens of the 1st experimental group over the other groups was 23,5; 33,1 and 8,6 g or 11,0; 16,0 and 4,0 %. At the age of 17 days broiler chickens of the 2nd experimental and control groups had a large live weight, with some lag of the 1st and 3rd experimental groups. At the end of rearing all experimental groups outperformed broiler chickens of the control group by 39,4–294,9 g or 2,0–14,0 %. Thus, the use of biologically active feed additive Ares allows us to get high results in the rearing of broiler chickens.

Migration of young people to big cities, active outflow of population to other regions of the country and for permanent residence in foreign countries forces to search more and more actively for new methods and technologies both to inform young people about their opportunities in the territory, and to change tools for retention for further development of cities and small settlements. In most cases the analysis of state and municipal policies for working with youth is determined by the economic sense, that is, the economic and financial efficiency of implemented programs is analyzed. The authors approached the problem under consideration from the sociological point of view in order to determine the needs directly from the subject, as well as to assess the managerial and organizational problems and obstacles to increasing the importance of activities for young citizens. The testing ground for the study was the Chaikovsky urban district in Perm Krai (population 103,000, medium-sized city).