Innovations of agro-food chains in Ukraine

Abstract

Modern trends of agro-food provision are summarized with the systematization of the factors of external and internal environment, which affect the innovativeness of agro-food chains. The tendencies are highlighted and the transformational processes in the agrarian sector of Ukraine, which conditioned the destruction of eco- nomic relations and the breakdown of technological links of agro-food chains, the deterioration of the indices of safety and quality of agricultural raw materials and fi nal food products, are disclosed. The challenges for the functioning of dairy products chain are analyzed with the substantiation of the fact that the process of introduc- ing the complex of innovations and systemic methods of safety should cover all the actors involved, all the sec- tors and elements of production which ensure the safety and quality of agricultural raw materials and fi nal food products. It was proven that the trends of using innovations in the dairy farming should be the achievements in the fi eld of selecting cattle and fodder crops, modern technologies of forming and restoring the livestock to provide for the increase in its resistance and competitiveness. It was substantiated that it is an urgent issue for milk processing enterprises to implement technological innovations and to form long-term partnership relations with the suppliers of raw materials in order to diversify their product portfolio and offer quality and safe dairy products. It was substantiated that the functioning of agro-food chains will be conducted under the impact of environmental challenges which requires creating the conditions and prerequisites for a higher level of their flexibility to innovations, where the priority role should be attributed to state-private partnership in the elaboration and implementation of technologies.

Creation Of Local Integrated Production-Trading Systems: Actuality, Determinants, Conformity Of Conditions

“…Transformation processes in the agrarian sector of Ukraine led to the destruction of economic relations and the breakdown of technological links in agriculture-production chains, worsening of the safety and quality of agricultural raw materials and end products [17]. Owners of personal peasant and farm enterprises are forced to engage not only in agricultural production, but also seek ways to market their products in conditions of increased competition in the market.…”

“…Problems of integration of business entities are devoted to the research of such scholars as A. Cherep [1], Y. Ivanov, [2], A. Pylypenko [2], A. Mazaraki [3], N. Skopenko [4], A. Stergligova [5], M. Voinarenko [6] and others. The theoretical and practical aspects of the creation and development of integrated systems, in particular in the agroindustrial complex, are researched in the works of such domestic and foreign scientists as V. Apopiy [7], L. Berezina [8], O. Borodina [9], T. Bosona [10], G. Gebresenbet [10], G. Cherevko [11], T. Dozorova [12], E. Gusakov [13], V. Gusakov [14], L. Hanushchak-Yefimenko [15], D. Krysanov [16], [17], O. Varchenko [17], E. Kydyrbayeva [18], M. Malik [19], Y. Nesterchuk [20] and others.…”

Competitive Potential Branding Model of Subjects of Agro-food Economy Sector Ukraine

“…The methodological approach allows you to determine the main criteria and characteristics of monitoring the competitive positions of the agro-food sector of the economy on the Shpychak, 2015;Varchenko, 2020;Varchenko et al, 2018. raw-wine market, as well as to diagnose the competitiveness of the participants among themselves using the graphmatrices of the brand portfolio (Brandinga portfolio of brands, 2021; Kuzmynchuk et al, 2014;Zoska et al, 2020).…”

“…Accordingly, the formula for the formation and development of the brand has the following form: "branded agro-food products + the consumer's attitude towards it + benefit for society". The three levels of this model have the following characteristics (Brandinga portfolio of brands, 2021; Kuzmynchuk et al, 2014;Zoska et al, 2020): Source: Kuzmynchuk et al, 2014;Varchenko, 2020;Varchenko et al, 2018.…”

Risks of dairy farming in Ukraine and ways of their minimization and neutralization

“…It should be noted that the widest group is a group of industrial risks, mostly manifested by specifi c deviations from technological requirements of organizing milk production, untimeliness and poor substantiation of organization-management decisions. It was proven that investing capital into establishing modern innovational farms of intense type was accompanied by high risks which was confi rmed by the results of studying the effi ciency of different technologies of milk production in the aspect of the productivity of cows and profi tability based on estimating standard deviation of the actual result from the average value, which is greatly provided by productive features of cows [5,6]. Thus, the innovational development in genetic and technological directions caused the enhanced productivity of cows and economic indices of development, but it also requires optimization of the impact of the industry on environment which requires the introduction of a comprehensive system of managing and processing manure and other components, causing ecological risks, at the level of farms.…”