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Theoretical and methodological aspects of ensuring the sustainable development of agro-food systems

Introduction. The relevance of the scientifi c substantiation of approaches to ensuring the sustainable development of the agro-food system is due to the growing impact of environmental factors on the internal structural balance and the target setting of the agro-food system. The sustainable development of the national agro-food system has begun to imply economic growth in order to achieve indicators of the physical and economic accessibility of quality food for the Russian population. At the same time, environmental priorities increasingly has begun to fade into the background, which contradicts the basic principles of the concept of sustainable development, which implies the unity of economic, social and environmental aspects. Research methodology. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study is a systematic approach, the main provisions of which give grounds to consider the agro-food complex as a complex, dynamic and multi-level system of interconnected elements and diverse ordered relationships between them. Theoretical analysis. The article considers and systematizes theoretical approaches to the interpretation of the concept of “agro-food system”. The structural features of the agro-food complex as a system are highlighted. The stages of the reproduction process in all sectors of the agro-industrial complex are characterized through the prism of the economic, social and environmental components of the concept of sustainable development. Empirical analysis. Using a systematic approach, the infl uence of external and internal factors on the main criteria for the sustainability of the agro-food system has been studied. A conceptual framework for analyzing the resilience of agro-food systems in relation to external infl uences is presented. Potential for sustainability, adaptation and management are considered with regard to agro-food system. Conclusions. The relationship between the basic principles of ensuring the sustainability of agro-food systems and aspects of food security is revealed. The properties that are most signifi cant for maintaining the sustainability of the agro-food system under the constant infl uence of external risks are identified.

Russian Food Industry: External Factors and Competitive Forces Analysis

A set of external factors mostly influencing the Russian food industry is concerned in this article. It includes: domestic agriculture raw material deficit, lack of the processing equipment, insufficient solvency of the Russian population. Basic indices of the factories` operating system having been analyzed, in the modern economy the state should consider the food industry development as a complex system.

Formation of Indicators Characterizing the Adaptive Properties of Logistics Systems

The article takes up the issues of the basic approaches to the formation of indicators of the level of adaptation of logistics systems. The concrete indicators of the level of adaptation, by which it becomes possible to analyze the degree of accordance of organizational structures of logistics systems and external environment, are proposed. Theoretical analysis. For the analysis of the level of adaptation properties it is necessary to develop indicators that directly reflect the process of adapting logistic systems to changes in the external environment. In practice, it is important to know the unorganized logistics system, as it gives the operational information about the quality of the organization and function of the elementary concepts of disorder. Disorganization – is generalized for the considered number of possible situations, timing characteristics of disorder, weighted by a factor of importance (in the sense of «inferiority») of its manifestation in relation to certain performance of the system. The results of the study. The paper shows the indicators that allow to analyze the institutional structure of logistics systems and the external environment. The target entropy is considered as the mathematical model of the process of adaptation of logistical system to the working conditionals. Index organization is marked out as a criterion for assessing the degree of adaptation of logistic system to the (external) environment. Conclusions. Disorganization of operation is the result of the impact of the environment on the control object, while the organization is a quantitative measure of the ability to adapt to the effects of environmental factors and can be also offered as a criterion for assessing the level of adaptation of the logistics system to disturbing influences of the environment.

External Environment as a Source of Threat for Ecological and Economic Industrial Enterprises Safety

Introduction. The effective use of industrial capacity is the important condition for the national economy sustainable development. Manufacturing organizations can provide their own ecological and economic security only when they take into account the impact of environment objective factors on their activities. The article purpose is an investigation of the exo-environment effect on the formation of the threats for industrial enterprise ecological and economic security on the example of publishing and printing companies.

Theoretical analysis. The article considers the definitions and concepts of economic security. It highlights the importance of the environmental component of economic security as it currently dominates. In addition, the author analyzes the features of exo-surroundings industrial enterprise and the relationships there in order to identify the main sources of objective threats. The study was conducted on the example of the impact of the global environment and the state to publishing and printing companies.

Results. From the point of view of increasing of enterprises environmental and economic sustainability it is found that the factors associated with exposure to the external environment are the most significant. Seeing the scale of potential threats from them is large. There are serious difficulties to forecast their occurrence and possible manifestations. As a result, the author concluded about the importance of tool such as a permanent analysis of the environmental and economic security of the organization. This tool provides the basis for strategic management decisions making. Article formulates the basic tasks of business at the decision of environmental and economic security.