Main elements of managing the quality of agricultural production

Abstract

The emergence of a market for quality and safe food is the most important strategic task of the national economy. Practical actions on this issue are conditioned by the objective necessity of a civilized approach to the organization of environmentally safe agricultural and industrial production, preservation of the health and gene pool of the nation, formation of state measures for the integration of environmental constraints into the legal basis of international foreign trade relations. The indicators of quality of agrarian products and their significance and essence are presented. The methods of assessing the quality level of agrarian products and the role of standards are highlighted in the most effective promotion of the active introduction of new technology and technologies, the economical use of raw materials and the extension of the shelf life of products and the preservation of nutrients in it. The quality standards of agrarian products ensure its safety for the life and health of people, animals, plants and the protection of the natural environment. The main directions of quality management of agrarian products are analyzed through promotion of demand satisfaction, improvement of the material base of production, provision of expanded reproduction of agrarian production, etc. Improving the quality of agricultural products affects the level of productivity and the structure of production; ensures increased efficiency of agrarian enterprises, improvement of material incentives and social development.