Review of government support measures for sheep farming in the Russian Federation

at present, the states are faced with the urgent task of food security, ensuring favorable positions in the global economy, expanding the supply of export goods, and protecting the environment. Animal husbandry remains one of the strategically important sectors of modern agriculture in the Russian Federation. However, sheep farming has not yet received a significant place in the structure of the Russian agricultural market. The presented article provides an overview of the place and role of this sector in the system of state support, which is indispensable for the sector in the current unstable socio-economic conditions. Objective: to identify the problems and opportunities for improving state support for sheep farming as a strategically important area of agriculture in the Russian Federation. Methods: in preparing this article, the methods of analyzing state programs and legislation of the Russian Federation and scientific literature in this area were used, which made it possible to determine the main directions and problems of state support for sheep farming as a sector of agriculture in the Russian Federation. The issues of support are reflected in the State Program for the Development of Agriculture, as well as in other regulatory legal acts at both the federal and regional levels. Results: an analysis of current measures of state support for sheep farming at the federal and regional levels was conducted, problems and opportunities for improving this area of state support in the current socio-economic conditions were identified. Conclusion: based on the results of the study, possible solutions to the main problems facing the modern sheep farming industry in the Russian Federation were proposed.

sheep farming, state support, export, subsidies, loans, exhibitions, scientific and technological development