Institute of System Researches in Agroindustrial Complex of the NAS of Belarus offers consumers and organizations in the agro-industrial complex A comprehensive analysis of trends and proposals for developing competition in the food and agricultural markets in the context of digitalization and the influence of global trends under an outsourcing agreement and is looking for partners interested in a distribution services agreement.

The development is based on a comprehensive analysis of food market development trends from the perspective of global value chains, the market influence of retail chains and wholesale distributors, the monopolization of markets for primary agricultural inputs (seeds, crop protection products, fertilizers), innovation activity and market digitalization, an analysis of food markets within member states (dynamics, structure, key players, and development trends), and the degree and consequences of the EAEU's integration into global food markets. This allowed us to consider and propose best international practices (China, the Russian Federation), including market de-monopolization strategies, threat identification and prevention mechanisms, and tools to stimulate competition. The development contains proposals for developing competition in food markets, based on building sustainable and effective relationships between retail chains and consumer goods suppliers, wholesale distributors, and buyers of agricultural inputs.

The information is published in the Catalogue "100 Best Developments of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus for the Country's Economy for 2022–2023" pp. 315–317. (in Russian)

The development contains a set of scientifically based approaches to analyzing the state and stimulating competition in food and agricultural markets, including a methodology for identifying restrictive practices in the digital economy, algorithms and methods for assessing the effects of transnational agrifood value chains, and proposals for measures to foster competition and promote fair competitive practices in the markets of the EAEU and other integrated organizations.

The research was conducted based on an analysis of international experience and in collaboration with academics and practitioners specializing in food market regulation from EAEU member states, making the development unique and unparalleled.

Implementation will contribute to the creation of favorable conditions for the development of competition in the food market and the strengthening of market incentives for economic activity in key sectors of the economy.

The results are published as a monograph in two parts:
Problems and Prospects for Developing Competition in the Food and Agricultural Goods Markets of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) in the Context of Digitalization and the Influence of Global Trends: in 2 parts. -
Part 1: Trends in the Development of Food Markets in the Concept of Global Value Chains / Institute for Systems Research in the Agro-Industrial Complex of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus; A. V. Pilipuk [et al.]. - Minsk: Institute for Systems Research in the Agro-Industrial Complex of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 2022. - 358 p. ;
Part 2: Proposals for Developing Competition in Food Markets within the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) / Institute for Systems

Research in the Agro-Industrial Complex of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus; A. V. Pilipuk [et al.]. - Minsk: Institute for Systems Research in the Agro-Industrial Complex of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, 2022. - 331 p. (in Russian)

Research paper for official use by the Eurasian Economic Commission: "Competition Issues in Food Markets of the Eurasian Economic Union. Study of the Risk of Emerging 'Market Power' in Certain Sectors of the Agro-Industrial Complex as a Result of Digitalization and the Entry of Large Multinational Corporations into Agricultural Commodity Markets in the Eurasian Economic Union." Completed under agreement with the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus dated October 12, 2020, No. H-22/272. (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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