Competitiveness of Ukrainian agriculture on foreign markets and ways to increase it

Abstract

Studying the problems of increasing the competitiveness of domestic agricultural enterprises remains relevant. Ensuring the functioning of the domestic agricultural sector against the background of globalization processes in the food market is possible under constant improvement of the organizational and economic conditions of the functioning of farming enterprises. The article presents the results of the study of selected indicators that characterize the efficiency of the use of natural resources by agricultural producers, and the grouping of enterprises according to the size of the harvested area of the main crops is carried out. During the research, it was established that the most efficient use of the land resource was by enterprises with an area of 500 to 3,000 or more thousand hectares. These farms have a high yield, which exceeds the statistical average by 15 %. Large farms have more investment resources and the ability to improve administration processes, use technical support, apply advanced technologies, and, as a result, gain competitive advantages in domestic and foreign markets. The factors that shape the competitiveness of agricultural enterprises have been determined, and a comparison of the management level of domestic agrarian enterprises with foreign competitors has been made. The factors that need to be considered to achieve the most significant economic indicators from the agricultural activity are given. Since the primary determinant of the economic efficiency of the state is its competitiveness in foreign markets, the results of the conducted research are aimed at improving and increasing the level of use of the existing natural resource potential, which is at the disposal of domestic agricultural producers.