Institute of System Researches in Agroindustrial Complex of the NAS of Belarus offers consumers and organizations in the agro-industrial complex Methodological recommendations for determining the criteria for classifying food products and agricultural raw materials as high-value-added goods under an outsourcing agreement and is looking for partners interested in a distribution services agreement.

These methodological recommendations are aimed at identifying high-value-added products linked to a specific manufacturer using specific competitive advantage indicators:
- value-added per unit of the manufacturer's average headcount; per unit of the manufacturer's revenue from product sales;
- per unit of purchased raw materials (primary type) in physical and monetary terms;
- per unit of the total cost of goods sold;
- the share of profit from sales by product type in the manufacturer's total sales profit, as well as calculating threshold levels of relative value-added indicators by type of economic activity for subsequent identification and analysis of groups of manufacturers that account for the bulk of added value.

The objective is to identify product groups that have competitive advantages that enable the manufacturer to create higher levels of added value when selling on the domestic market and for export. These methodological recommendations can be applied to economic analysis at the organizational and economic activity level, providing an objective basis for developing effective measures to increase revenue and added value for manufacturers by identifying, assessing, and maximizing the competitive advantages of their products in domestic and foreign markets.

The information is published in the Catalogue "100 Best Developments of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for the National Economy in 2022–2023." pp. 313–314. (in Russian)

The methodological recommendations contain the necessary information and methodological tools for identifying effective practices for increasing revenue and added value for agricultural enterprises by identifying and maximizing their competitive advantages in domestic and foreign markets.

They enable the sound development of relevant areas for promoting agricultural products in domestic and foreign markets, taking into account the cost per unit of resources used (labor costs, cost of fixed and working capital, R&D and innovation expenditures, and government support).

No comparable approaches have been identified in global or domestic practice.

The methodological recommendations and the results of their testing are ready for implementation.

The research project "Development of methodological recommendations for determining criteria for classifying food products and agricultural raw materials as high-value-added goods" was completed under contract No. 24/2021-31-351 dated November 26, 2021, with the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. (in Russian)

The Institute of System Researches in Agroindustrial Complex of the NAS of Belarus is a flagship research institute in the field of the country's agricultural economy, accumulating cutting-edge developments and approaches for successful work in modern conditions.

The Institute participates in the development of agrarian reform concepts, food security concepts, and the doctrine of national food security for the Republic of Belarus until 2030. It also contributes to the development of state rural development programs, sectoral programs, strategies for the development of agriculture and rural regions, strategies for the development of foreign economic activity in the agro-industrial complex, substantiation of export and import forecasts for agricultural products and food products, and methodological recommendations and proposals for improving the organizational and economic mechanisms for the development of agro-industrial production, increasing its efficiency and competitiveness.

Main areas of research:

Development:
– proposals for improving measures and mechanisms to ensure food security for the Republic of Belarus, the Union State, the Eurasian Economic Union, and the CIS;
– comprehensive strategies, programs and forecasts, investment projects, and business development plans for enterprises, integrated associations, regions, and sectors of the agro-industrial complex;
– mechanisms for the formation and functioning of balanced markets for agricultural products, raw materials, and food;
– recommendations for improving the economic efficiency of large-scale production and the competitiveness of agricultural products in domestic and foreign markets;
– models for the integrated sustainable development of rural areas;
– a system of measures and recommendations for improving and providing scientific support for foreign economic activity in the agricultural sector;
– measures, recommendations, software and analytical tools, and means to ensure the development and implementation of digital technologies in enterprises and sectors of the agricultural sector of the Republic of Belarus.

Justification:
– comprehensive strategies, programs and forecasts, investment projects, and business development plans for enterprises, integrated associations, regions, and sectors of the agricultural sector;
– mechanisms for reforming production and land-property relations, improving the effectiveness of forms and methods of cooperation, and the formation and development of research and production clusters in the agricultural sector;
– forecasts, measures, and tools for improving export efficiency and import substitution in the agricultural sector.

Improving:
- the organizational and economic mechanisms of management, methods and instruments of state regulation, and developing directions for institutional reforms in the agro-industrial complex;
- methods and mechanisms for systemic quality management, ensuring and monitoring the safety of agricultural and food products.

Research:
- mechanisms for the formation and functioning of balanced markets for agricultural products, raw materials, and food;
- factors for the integrated sustainable development of rural areas.

Proposals for strengthening human resources, increasing their efficiency, and motivating and incentivizing work.

Food security monitoring (national, regional, and global levels).

The research conducted by the Institute of System Researches in Agroindustrial Complex of the NAS of Belarus has been implemented in the practical activities of ministries and departments, governing bodies of the agro-industrial complex of the Republic of Belarus at various levels, agricultural organizations, and enterprises in other sectors of the agro-industrial complex.

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