Методичні положення щодо оцінки природно-ресурсногопотенціалу сільського господарства у координатах сталого розвитку України

• Date: 2020
• Main Author: Нікішина, О. В.
• Format: Article
• Language: Ukrainian
• Published: Odesa National University of Technology 2020
• Online Access: //journals.ontu.edu.ua/index.php/fie/article/view/1670
• Journal Title: Food Industry Economics

The article elaborates methodical provisions for the integrated assessment of components of agriculture's natural resource potential in the context of sustainable development. The system of complementary indicators of sustainable development, green growth and authoritative indicators in accordance with the followingscientific principles has been justified: (1) complexity and interconnectedness; (2) objectivity and reliability;(3) cross-sectoral comparability; (4) purposefulness; (5) flexibility and being science-based; (6) transparency –openness to stakeholders. Such system of indicators aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of use,transformation, restoration and protection of the natural resource potential of the agricultural sector through thelens of sustainable development. A number of copyright indicators have been proposed with a focus on indicators of resource and environmental productivity of gross value added in agriculture.Using the developed methodical provisions, the state evaluation of the of some components of the natural resource potential of the agricultural sector, in particular, land and water resources, the sphere of wastemanagement and investment support for rational use of nature, have been evaluated. According to the resultsof the evaluation, positive and negative tendencies in the use of the resource potential of the agricultural sectorwere identified. Positive trends include stable growth of organic lands, decrease in the amount of waste generated, negative ones include unsatisfactory soil condition, loss of virtual water due to increase of raw materialsexports, decrease of ecological investments in agriculture. The necessity of introduction of the investmentinnovative mechanism of rational nature management in Ukraine has been substantiated.The scientific novelty of the conducted research is to improve methodical support for the assessment ofthe natural resource potential of the agricultural sector on the basis of sustainable development. Prospects forfurther research are to expand the system of complementary indicators, to develop and make approbation ofmethods for their diagnosis.