Role and Importance of Turkey Meat Production in Poultry Farming in Russia: Prospects for Further Development

Abstract

In modern conditions, against the background of the negative impact in the form of sanctions on the Russian economy the retaliatory measures on the part of the Russian authorities contributed to a significant decrease in the number of food imports to the Russian market. In this regard, the problem of ensuring the food security of the country is significantly actualized. Consequently, a justified assessment of the role and place of certain types of agricultural products in the development of food markets is required. Since the beginning of the 2000s, Russia has been gradually recovering the sphere of turkey meat production. This type of poultry product has high dietary and taste properties, is a source of high-quality proteins, and contains a large number of useful elements and vitamins. In this regard, the purpose of this paper is to assess the role and importance of turkey meat production in the total volume of poultry meat production as a whole and to develop, based on the data analysis, directions for the further progressive development of this sphere of agricultural production. The paper provides a comparative analysis of the indicators of the Russian turkey meat market with similar indicators of the poultry meat market as a whole, identifies the reasons for such a significant lag in the turkey breeding sector from the poultry industry in the country as a whole, and outlines the main directions for overcoming the critical situation in the sub-industry.