Regulation of the vegetable seed industry in the context of strengthening food security in Belarus

A mechanism of state regulation of seed production in the context of strengthening food security is proposed, based on the phased application of specific management tools depending on the degree of formation and development of the seed business. The results of the study reflect the objective need to expand the areas of regulation and support, which allows increasing the scientific, production and expert potential of the vegetable seed industry. It has been established that the basis for effective interaction between seed and vegetable producers in the long term is formed by systemic monitoring of the vegetable seed market and vegetable products. To carry it out, a system of assessment indicators has been developed for the functional areas – marketing, innovation, regulation. The following are adopted as targets: “the share of use of varieties and hybrids of vegetable seeds of domestic selection”, “the share of processed vegetables, in the cultivation of which varieties and hybrids of seeds of domestic selection were used”.