New market opportunities for farmers: state and community support

Abstract

Introduction. The agrarian sector of most countries is developing with large state support. Its directions are different and depend on the priorities of intergovernmental policies, such as the Common Agricultural Policy of the EU and strategic goals that are in line with national interests. At the 72nd session of the UN General Assembly, a Resolution United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019–2028) is approved. The importance of farming problems on the international level aims to provide the basis for promoting a more effective state policy in the field of family farming and contributing to the achievement of food security as the part of sustainable development goals. Methods. The monographic method (the analysis of Ukrainian scientific researches concerning the issues of increasing the efficiency of sales of agricultural products), scientific knowledge and logical generalization (as regards the harmonization of farmers' production capacities and the needs of budgetary organisations in agricultural products), expert assessments (to justify the mechanism of attracting farmers to public procurement systems), abstract and logical (theoretical generalizations and formulation of conclusions) are used in the process of research. Results. The direction of state support of farming through the improvement of the regulatory mechanism for the represent of farms agricultural products to the public procurement market is substantiated. The need of budget organisations in agricultural production is assessed, the mechanism of facilitating access of farmers to the system of public procurement is proposed. The potential opportunities of the united territorial communities in promoting the sale of farm products are substantiated. They are outlined the directions of application of non-price criteria for public procurements of food. It is proposed to establish preferences for farm products in trade networks (supermarkets). Discussion. Proposals on the organizational and economic mechanism of marketing of farm products through the public procurement market will contribute to the formation of additional stable channels for agricultural products sale. Centralized purchasing of food products for budget organizations will be a significant factor in the development of farming, as well as the direction of providing the population with quality accessible food products. Keywords: farms, public procurements, sale of agricultural products.