Rational allocation of agricultural production in the region

The paper proposes an original approach to determining the optimal allocation of agricultural production in the region; the approach includes the methodological substantiation of the necessity to differentiate consumers when addressing food security issues in the region. It was proposed to allocate three levels: level 1 - the provision of food to socially vulnerable layers, level 2 - the provision with food at the subsistence level, and level 3 - the provision of the total population of the region with food. A preliminary forecast was made for each municipality; it analyzed possible changes in the number of the socially vulnerable up to 2020; in accordance with medical standards and norms of the subsistence level the volumes of food were calculated, which in turn were compared with the actual production output. The difference between the actual volume and the volume of evidence- based requirements represented the very increase in the volume of production, the achievement of which requires certain investments on the basis of capital-output ratio...