DEVELOPMENT OF THE PRODUCTION OF OIL IN THE VOLGOGRAD REGION

The Volgograd region is one of the largest regions producing sunflower oil seeds. In the approved State program of the Volgograd region “Development of agriculture and regulation of the markets of agricultural products, raw materials and food” until 2025, targets for the production and sale of sunflower seeds are fixed, and within the framework of the federal project “Export of agricultural products”, the share of the region in the volume of Russian exports of oil and fat products by 2024. Purpose. Analyze the possibility of meeting the fixed targets in the state plans. Materials and methods. In the process of writing the article, publicly available documents of state authorities, information on agricultural production of the State Statistics Committee of the Russian Federation and the Volgograd region were used. The work was carried out using the graphical-analytical method and simple extrapolation. Microsoft Office Excel 8 was used for the calculation work. Results. In 2020, over 709 thousand hectares of sunflower crops were located in the region, and the yield of its seeds was 1.53 t/ha. The article considers the dynamics of the current state of sunflower seed production in the Volgograd region and the resource base on the basis of which the sub-sector operates. A forecast has been made, where it is determined that the indicator of the volume of sunflower seeds produced will be successfully achieved. Two scenarios are considered, according to which the development of sunflower seed production is possible and the results of their implementation are determined. Conclusion. After analyzing the current state of production of sunflower oil seeds, we can conclude that the level of their production enshrined in the State Program will be successfully achieved. Scenarios for the implementation of the established goals are proposed.