Factor assessment of agricultural development in transboundary territories of North Asia

The Zabaykalsky Krai, the Republic of Buryatia, and the Republic of Tyva are transboundary territories of Northern Asia within Russia, selected by the authors as model territories based on an analysis of the results of previously conducted studies. The purpose of this study is to provide a factor assessment of a number of indicators of agricultural development in these territories. The analysis of the main factors of agricultural production growth (fixed production assets and labor) and the basic growth rates of capital and labor productivity is based on the use of a simplified two-factor model of agricultural development. To assess the transformation of agricultural production in Russia since the early 1990s, the authors propose to analyze the dynamics indicators for series that reflect the development of the structure of a set of features, which are considered as types of farms (agricultural organizations, household farms and peasant farms). The methods used in the study made it possible to identify the role of individual factors of economic growth in the regions under consideration and areas for increasing its efficiency, to determine the trends and rates of development of grain and meat production in various types of farms over a long period of time from 1995 to 2022. The results, which reflect the development of agriculture by types of management, can be used in further research to identify reserves and promising areas for adaptation to long-term risks arising from institutional transformations, as well as to justify the directions of state support for agricultural producers and the corresponding investment policy in agriculture.