Labor productivity in agriculture: dynamics, indicators, growth factors

Strategic priority of the state policy of the Russian Federation in the field of ensuring efficiency of agricultural development is to increase labor productivity, which is one of the main indicators of the level of the society productive forces development and efficiency of the use of production resources. It is also considered as an effective working tool for measuring sustainability of the economic dynamics of business entities. This article outlines the author's concept of conducting an analytical study of indicators of the efficiency of using labor potential. The calculation and assessment of labor productivity indicators in agricultural organizations of the Orel region was carried out based on the existing information base presented in the annual financial statements of the Department of Agriculture of the region for 2010-2022. The dynamics of the main indicators of labor productivity is presented in the article. The expediency of using gross value added to calculate indicators of the efficiency of labor use in agriculture is substantiated, which is explained by its structural components, namely the formation of added value by the distribution method, i.e. by adding three elements (wages with contributions for social needs, depreciation, financial results), a separate study of which will make it possible to identify the contribution of each of them in the final formation of added value, and, accordingly, determine the change in labor productivity due to these factors in dynamics. The necessity of conducting scientific research on the development of labor and production potential in agriculture, as well as improving the methodology for alculating labor productivity in close connection with the problems of its motivation and payment, technical equipment, ensuring profitability and efficiency of agricultural production is substantiated.