Assessment of trends and the role of grain production in crop production in the Central Black-Earth Regions
Type:
Article
Pages:
from 503
to 507
Status:
In work
Received:
15.08.2026
Accepted:
15.08.2026
Published:
15.08.2026
Language:
Russian
Keywords:
Central Black-Earth Region, agro-industrial complex, agriculture, crop production, grain farming, intensification
Abstract:
The article examines the main conditions and trends in the development of crop production in the regions of the Black Earth Region, and also assesses the development of grain farming as a key area in current economic conditions, which is associated with the high role of the regions of the Central Black-Earth Region in ensuring food security. A feature of the Central Black-Earth Region is the predominance of fertile chernozem soils, the effective use of which makes it possible to grow agricultural products with a high production and economic effect using intensification methods. Despite the fact that the regions of the Central Black-Earth Region are a single economic region with agricultural specialization, success in growing crop production varies, which determines the relevance of the chosen direction. For the purposes of the study, the dynamics of the main parameters of crop production development in the regions of the Central Black-Earth Region in 2020-2024 was considered using methods of horizontal and vertical analysis, data mining and comparative assessment. It was found that in the regions of the Central Black-Earth Region, over the past 3 years, there has been a slowdown in the growth rate of crop production in value terms. Among the regions of the Black Earth Region, the Voronezh Region remains the largest, accounting for more than 15% of the sown area of crops in the Central Federal District. Grain crops are steadily leading in the structure of the sown area of the Central Black-Earth Region, although the specific structure of crops is changing in favor of industrial crops. The Voronezh and Kursk Regions make the greatest contribution to grain production, but at the same time, in the latter, a high gross harvest is achieved due to high intensification, and in the Voronezh Region – due to a large area of crops.
The article examines the main conditions and trends in the development of crop production in the regions of the Black Earth Region, and also assesses the development of grain farming as a key area in current economic conditions, which is associated with the high role of the regions of the Central Black-Earth Region in ensuring food security. A feature of the Central Black-Earth Region is the predominance of fertile chernozem soils, the effective use of which makes it possible to grow agricultural products with a high production and economic effect using intensification methods. Despite the fact that the regions of the Central Black-Earth Region are a single economic region with agricultural specialization, success in growing crop production varies, which determines the relevance of the chosen direction. For the purposes of the study, the dynamics of the main parameters of crop production development in the regions of the Central Black-Earth Region in 2020-2024 was considered using methods of horizontal and vertical analysis, data mining and comparative assessment. It was found that in the regions of the Central Black-Earth Region, over the past 3 years, there has been a slowdown in the growth rate of crop production in value terms. Among the regions of the Black Earth Region, the Voronezh Region remains the largest, accounting for more than 15% of the sown area of crops in the Central Federal District. Grain crops are steadily leading in the structure of the sown area of the Central Black-Earth Region, although the specific structure of crops is changing in favor of industrial crops. The Voronezh and Kursk Regions make the greatest contribution to grain production, but at the same time, in the latter, a high gross harvest is achieved due to high intensification, and in the Voronezh Region – due to a large area of crops.
Keywords:
Central Black-Earth Region, agro-industrial complex, agriculture, crop production, grain farming, intensification
Central Black-Earth Region, agro-industrial complex, agriculture, crop production, grain farming, intensification
