Development of balanced intensive horticulture: strategic planning guidelines in the context of food security

The article considers the current state of domestic horticulture, characterises directions of its organisational and economic development in the context of ensuring food security. The main problems of economic, organisational and technological nature that hinder further balanced development of intensive horticulture are identified. Given the significant socio-ecological and economic role of the horticulture industry in ensuring the country’s food security and in the context of a full-scale invasion of the Russian Federation, the authors emphasises the need to solve a number of problems, in particular, to develop a new strategy for further balanced development of the industry. The authors substantiates the need for a systematic approach to strategic planning based on the coordination of interests of all stakeholders, and on this basis suggests the need to take into account the peculiarities of the horticulture industry in terms of the impact of natural and climatic factors. It is concluded that intensive horticulture and efficient use of land for planting gardens in a strategic format should include not only an integrated assessment of landscape features of the relief, natural and climatic conditions, compliance with a certain list of agrotechnological and technical requirements, etc. but also clarification and adoption of a number of legislative and regulatory acts. The strategic guidelines for increasing the competitiveness of horticultural products on an innovative basis are defined in a schematic format. It is determined that the development of a comprehensive strategy for the development of the horticultural industry will allow to optimise risks and optimise the sustainable production of domestic competitive horticultural products in the context of food security. In order to determine the strategic directions of development of balanced intensive horticulture, identify possible risks and ways to overcome them, the necessity of applying SWOT analysis is substantiated. A certain stage of implementation of strategic planning of balanced intensive horticulture, taking into account industry specifics, as well as in the context of food security, has been characterised. In order to ensure the effective development of balanced intensive horticulture, the main organisational and institutional measures have been identified.