DEVELOPMENT OF THE VEGETABLE MARKET IN THE CENTRAL FEDERAL DISTRICT

The article focuses on such an urgent issue as the development of the vegetable market. The human diet should contain vegetables throughout the year, therefore, the primary task is to provide the population with vegetable products year-round through an optimal combination of its production, rational processing, proper storage, pre-sale preparation and timely sale. The specifics of vegetable production have a significant impact on the development of this industry, the distribution of vegetable crops across the country's regions, and the organization and efficiency of their production. This study analyzed the state of the vegetable market in the Central Federal District (disclosure by region) by main elements (production, consumption), identified positive and negative trends in production and consumption for the period 2019-2023. The "personal" capabilities of the district in ensuring food security are assessed based on the calculation of the level of self-sufficiency, the level of saturation tension and the level of sufficiency of self-sufficiency, which indicates that vegetable consumption clearly does not reach the rational norm. The main directions of expedient implementation on the vegetable market have been identified.