Author: Aleksandr L. Pustuyev and Andrey A. Pustuyev

Abstract:

The article discusses the reasons for the food self-insufficiency of the country and possible solutions to this problem through the development of rural areas. The paper specifies main tasks that can contribute to solving this problem. They include: achievement of the balance in the man-to-environment system; conservation of soil fertility of agricultural lands; prioritized development of social and industrial infrastructure of agricultural enterprises and rural areas; optimization of fiscal federalism that will enable effective inter-regional food interactions; optimization of motivated location and specialization of agricultural production at regional level; improvement of the mechanism for development of cooperation between farmers and owners of land shares (plots) starting from its production function and creating a similar rural infrastructure.

Keywords: rural areas; self-sufficiency; rural infrastructure; sustainability; resource potential; budget interaction; indicative planning.