VAK Russia 5.2.3 UDC 631.15 UDC 331.52

PERSONNEL AND PROFESSIONAL TRENDS IN THE AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX LABOR MARKET Personnel and professional trends in the agro-industrial complex labor market

Published in INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL JOURNAL · Issue 5, 2026 · Pages 686–691 · Rubric: Agrarian reform and forms of managing
DOI: https://doi.org/10.55186/25876740_2026_69_5_686
Received: 26.05.2026 Accepted: 08.07.2026 Published: 15.09.2026
The article analyzes the personnel situation in the agro-industrial complex (AIC) and food biotechnologies of Russia in the context of the implementation of the new national project «Technological support for Bioeconomics» (2026-2030). Based on data from Rosstat, employment portals and industry surveys for 2015-2026, the labor market tension index for key professional categories is calculated. It is established that the total accumulated shortage of personnel reaches 200 thousand. At the same time, the structure of the deficit is being transformed: a new cluster has been added to the traditional severely deficient working professions (vegetable growers, agronomists, tractor drivers) – biotechnological engineers (tension index 0.1), agrodron operators, specialists in genomic breeding and bioprocess scaling. Key deficit factors have been identified: the annual departure of 150,000 pensioners, the outflow of 60% of graduates of agricultural universities from the industry, the salary gap with related sectors up to 70%, regional polarization (salary gap up to 5 times). It is shown that the number of graduates (25-35 thousand per year) is comparable to the demand, but the quality of training and motivation of graduates do not meet the needs of business. Systematic measures have been formulated: raising salaries to 85-90% of the regional average, launching interdisciplinary master's degree programs, creating competence centers for agricultural enterprises, and expanding housing subsidies. The conclusion is justified that without taking these measures in the next 3-5 years, the industry will face a personnel collapse that threatens food security and the achievement of national project targets.
personnel shortage, food biotechnologies, tension index, technological sovereignty
Funding
The research was carried out out at the expense of a grant for the fulfillment of a state assignment from the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation within the framework of research project No. FSSW-2025-0004.
Text References
Text (PDF)
Read Download

1. Ukaz Prezidenta Rossiyskoy Federacii ot 21.01.2020 g. № 20 «Ob utverzhdenii Doktriny prodovol'stvennoy bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federacii». http://kremlin.ru/acts/bank/45106 http://base.garant.ru/73700274.

2. Rasporyazhenie Pravitel'stva RF ot 08.09.2022 N 2567-r «Ob utverzhdenii Strategii razvitiya agropromyshlennogo i rybohozyaystvennogo kompleksov Rossiyskoy Federacii na period do 2030 goda». http://legalacts.ru/doc/rasporjazhenie-pravitelstva-rf-ot-08092022-n-2567-r-ob-utverzhdenii.

3. Postanovlenie Pravitel'stva RF ot 31.05.2019 № 696 «Ob utverzhdenii gosudarstvennoy programmy Rossiyskoy Federacii «Kompleksnoe razvitie sel'skih territoriy" i o vnesenii izmeneniy v nekotorye akty Pravitel'stva Rossiyskoy Federacii» (s izmeneniyami i dopolneniyami). http://base.garant.ru/72260516.

4. Prikaz Ministerstva sel'skogo hozyaystva RF ot 25.02.2020 № 84 «O sozdanii nacional'noy platformy «Cifrovoe sel'skoe hozyaystvo». http://base.garant.ru/73700274.

5. Nacional'nyy proekt «Tehnologicheskoe obespechenie bioekonomiki». http://nacional'nyeproekty.rf/new-projects/bioekonomika.

6. Aleksandrovskaya I. L. Molodye kadry – buduschee v reshenii sovremennyh tehnologiy v razvitii APK // Vestnik Rossiyskogo gosudarstvennogo agrarnogo zaochnogo universiteta. 2023. № 45(50). S. 124-130.

7. Baryshnikova N. A., Kireeva N. A., Martynovich V. I. Deficit kadrov v sel'skom hozyaystve agrarnyh regionov Rossii // Mezhdunarodnyy sel'skohozyaystvennyy zhurnal. 2025. №. 6. S. 720-726. DOI: http://doi.org/10.55186/25876740_2025_68_6_720

8. Denisova I. P. Reshenie problemy deficita kadrov regional'noy sistemy APK Rossii / I. P. Denisova, T. A. Ohotina // Regional'naya ekonomika i upravlenie: elektronnyy nauchnyy zhurnal. 2023. № 4(76).

9. Dolgushkin N.K., Novikov V.G. Razvitie kadrovogo potenciala sel'skogo hozyaystva kak bazovogo faktora obespecheniya prodovol'stvennoy bezopasnosti strany // Mezhdunarodnyy sel'skohozyaystvennyy zhurnal. 2023. № 1. http://cyberleninka.ru/article/n/razvitie-kadrovogo-potentsiala-selskogo-hozyaystva-kak-bazovogo-faktora-obespecheniya-prodovolstvennoy-bezopasnosti-strany.

10. Zvyaginceva O. S. Transformaciya sistemy podgotovki kadrov dlya APK v usloviyah cifrovizacii // Issledovanie problem ekonomiki i finansov. 2023. № 3. DOI:https://doi.org/10.31279/2782-6414-2023-3-2

11. Zinich L.V., Kuznecova N.A. Sovremennyy kadrovyy potencial sel'skohozyaystvennyh organizaciy // Prodovol'stvennaya politika i bezopasnost'. 2023. Tom 10. № 1. DOI:https://doi.org/10.18334/ppib.10.1.116708

12. Lovchikova E.I., Alpatov A.V. Diversifikaciya i specializaciya sel'skohozyaystvennogo proizvodstva v aspekte social'no-trudovoy zanyatosti i razvitiya cifrovoy ekonomiki: monografiya. Orѐl: Izd-vo FGBOU VO Orlovskiy GAU, 2020. 192 s.

13. Optimizaciya innovacionnyh tehnologicheskih processov pri podgotovke kadrov APK / S. N. Volkova, E. E. Sivak, A. V. Shleenko, T. V. Belova. Kursk : Kurskaya gosudarstvennaya sel'skohozyaystvennaya akademiya imeni I.I. Ivanova, 2019. 127 s.

14. Plahin A. E., Kocher'yan M. A., Guseva T. I., Selezneva M. V. Tendencii razvitiya vneshney trudovoy migracii v sel'skom hozyaystve Rossiyskoy Federacii // Mezhdunarodnyy sel'skohozyaystvennyy zhurnal. 2026. №. 1. S. 19-22. DOI:https://doi.org/10.55186/25876740_2026_69_1_19

15. Rusak, L. V. Professional'nye kadry – sil'naya ekonomika APK // Problemy upravleniya (Minsk). 2005. № 1(14). S. 20-29.

16. Safonov A. Yu. Aktual'nye voprosy podgotovki kadrov pri cifrovizacii predpriyatiy APK // Moskovskiy ekonomicheskiy zhurnal. 2020. № 5. S. 63. DOI:https://doi.org/10.24411/2413-046X-2020-10322

17. Simbirskih E. S. Podgotovka i trudoustroystvo ekonomicheskih kadrov v APK: problemy i perspektivy / E. S. Simbirskih, E. A. Myagkova // Nikonovskie chteniya. 2018. № 23. S. 326-328.

18. Sorokina T. Yu. Analiz prichin ottoka kadrov APK s sel'skih territoriy // Nauchnye gorizonty. 2019. № 12(28). S. 126-133.

19. Stepanova E. V. Professional'naya podgotovka kadrov dlya APK regiona // Obrazovanie i problemy razvitiya obschestva. 2020. № 1(10). S. 174-181.

20. Stukach V. F. Problemy formirovaniya konkurentosposobnyh rabochih kadrov dlya APK regiona / V. F. Stukach, S. A. Nardina // Ekonomika sel'skogo hozyaystva Rossii. 2009. № 9. S. 36-43.

21. Tendencii i perspektivy podgotovki kadrov dlya APK / O. G. Loretc, N. A. Yurchenko, A. V. Ruchkin [i dr.] // Izvestiya Mezhdunarodnoy akademii agrarnogo obrazovaniya. 2024. № 69. S. 201-205.

22. Tlatova L. H. Podgotovka kadrov predprinimateley – vazhnyy faktor innovacionnogo razvitiya APK / L. H. Tlatova, R. I. Hugaeva, N. P. Donskaya // Izvestiya Gorskogo gosudarstvennogo agrarnogo universiteta. 2014. T. 51, № 4. S. 348-352.

23. Shaytan B. I. Novye zadachi FGBU Uchebno-metodicheskiy centr sel'skohozyaystvennogo konsul'tirovaniya i perepodgotovki kadrov agropromyshlennogo kompleksa // Vestnik kadrovoy politiki, agrarnogo obrazovaniya i innovaciy. 2013. № 7-9. S. 024-026.

24. Sharapova V. M., Sharapova N. V., Farvazova E. A., Sharapov Yu. V. Problemy zanyatosti sel'skogo naseleniya Kurganskoy oblasti // Mezhdunarodnyy sel'skohozyaystvennyy zhurnal. 2025. №. 4. S. 424-427. DOI:https://doi.org/10.55186/25876740_2025_68_4_424

25. Yudin A. A. Vliyanie federal'nogo proekta «Kadry v APK» na razvitie agrarnoy otrasli v Severnom regione Rossii / A. A. Yudin, T. V. Tarabukina // Finansovye rynki i banki. 2025. № 11. S. 515-518.

26. Klochko O., Nagayev V., Kovalenko O., Fedorets V. Forming of Professionally Creative Competence of Prospective Agrarian Managers by Facilities of Digital Technologies // Society. integration. Education, Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference. Volume IV, May 22-23. 2020. P. 460-474. DOI:https://doi.org/10.17770/sie2020vol4.4847

27. Nikitina A., Ruchkin A., Startseva N., Trofimova O., Shemetova N. Improving the training of agricultural personnel in the context of agricultural digitalization: The case of Sverdlovsk region, Russia // E3S Web of Conferences, Yekaterinburg, 2020. P. 06001. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202017606001

28. Rubaeva O. D., Zubareva I. A., Pakhomova N. A., Malykhina E. A. Training of engineering personnel for working in agriculture considering the requirements for digitalization development in agro-industrial complex // Journal of Environmental Management and Tourism. 2020. Vol. 11. № 3 (43). P. 692-703. DOI:https://doi.org/10.14505/jemt.v11.3(43).23