UDC 338.43
https://doi.org/10.25630/PAV.2020.93.16.001
Sirota S.M., Pinchuk E.V., Shevchenko T.E.
Fresh vegetables and fruits should be a mandatory part of the diet of modern people. Vegetables are the main suppliers of biologically active and mineral substances, phytonutrients and antioxidants that are responsible for maintaining human health. However, most of the adult population of the world, including Russia, does not pay much attention to the recommendations of the world health organization and does not pay much attention to proper nutrition and their health. The purpose of our research: to analyze production and consumption of vegetable and fruit products in Russia. In the course of the research, the authors used the materials of official statistics and a number of Russian and foreign analytical companies, on the basis of which they made calculations and conclusions. The difference between the physiologically minimal, recommended and actual norms of consumption of melon products shows that most people do not get enough of them. The actual consumption of vegetables is approximately 50–60 kg per capita per year. 10% of Russians are approaching the international level of consumption of vegetables and fruits, 40% consume half the recommended norm, and the level of consumption of the rest of the population is low, this is due to a decrease in the population's income. Ensuring the level of consumption of vegetables by the population to the standards recommended by scientific medicine is one of the important state tasks that affect the health aspects, sustainable development of vegetable and seed growing industries and rural development, import substitution and overall food security of the country. It is concluded that the official data of Rosstat, and consequently the information of many analytical agencies that use this data to study the vegetable market, do not reflect the real picture of vegetable consumption by Russians. Recommendations are given to the Ministry of health and scientific institutions of the Russian Academy of Sciences on developing programs to promote the consumption of vegetables and forming an order for the Ministry of agriculture of the Russian Federation for their production.
Key words: agriculture, vegetable production, consumption of vegetables, vegetable products, import substitution, seed production
Sirota S.M., Doctor Sci. (Agr.), Deputy Director for seed production and commercial activities. E-mail: sirota@vniissok.ru
Pinchuk E.V., Cand. Sci. (Agr.), senior research fellow, laboratory of new technologies
Shevchenko T.E., research fellow, laboratory of new technologies
FSBSI Federal Scientific Centre of Vegetable Growing (FSBSI FSCVG)
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For citing: Sirota S.M., Pinchuk E.V., Shevchenko T.E. Realities of the Russian market of vegetables melons in the context of the balance of production and consumption of products. Potato and vegetables. 2020. No4. Pp. 3-9. https://doi.org/10.25630/PAV.2020.93.16.001 (In Russ.)
