Abstract: The research subject is the problem of involving the youth into the restoration of the agricultural sector of the Russian Federation. The research object is the development of farming as a sector. Special attention is given to differentiating the youth problems in agriculture into the problems of employees and the problems of farmers-entrepreneurs. The authors emphasize the difficulties faced by small farmers. The authors consider the measures of direct and indirect government support in the area of farming and rural areas development in general. The authors study the works of foreign and Russian scientists, analyze statistical data provided by the Federal State Statistics Service and the Ministry of agriculture. The authors conclude about the necessity to consider and solve the problem of involving the youth into the agricultural sector using the two-way approach. At the current stage, it would be appropriate to use foreign experience and, along with solving the problems of the agricultural sector in general, train more targeted programmes of support for employees and self-employed farmers separately.

Keywords: advance of goods, infrastructure of the rural territory, salary, development of branch, risks of agriculture, youth, programs of the state support, hired employee, farming, employment

Abstract: The author analyzes the global experience of government support for the agricultural sector and assesses the potential of using it in the Russian Federation in the current economic situation and the need for the import substitution strategy. The research subject is the public policy in the agricultural sector of the developed countries. The research object is the international practice of implementation of programmes and the measures of government support for the agricultural sector. Special attention is given to the most effective instruments and mechanisms of government support for the agricultural sector in different countries. The author uses the range of scientific research methods: theoretical cognition, the statistical method, the method of monographic research, comparative analysis and the graphical method. The author analyzes the agricultural sector development programmes of developed countries, defines the results of agrarian policy achieved by the majority of economically developed countries while implementing the programmes of government support for the agricultural sector. The author reveals the unidirectional flow of the content of the mechanism of the agrarian policy implementation in the countries under consideration and defines the key directions in the government support for agricultural producers: subsidies for producers, budgetary financing of common services, transfers to consumers. The author emphasizes the necessity to improve the system of government support for the Russian agricultural sector producers for the purpose of ensuring national interests, food security, raising competitive performance and adaptation of government support for Russia’s agricultural sector to international requirements and standards. The author systematizes external threats and outlines the ways of overcoming the resource restrictions of the agricultural sector development. Based on the results of the research, the author formulates the aims of the agricultural sector strategic management in the context of import substitution.

Keywords: food security, import substitution, foreign experience, real sector of the economy, government support, agricultural sector, agriculture, Economics, modernization, agricultural personnel

Abstract: The research subject is the development of hunting as an economic activity in Khabarovsk region on the basis of sustainable development principles. The authors analyze the hunting sector figures in the Russian Federation and Khabarovsk region. The authors conclude about the existence of significant hunting resources, some of which are not used, in Khabarovsk region. The research shows that legal regulation plays an important role in the process of forming the system of the hunting sector management. The authors prove that the development of hunting as as economic activity provides the range of positive external effects in the regional socio-ecological-economic system. The authors apply the following research methods: analysis and synthesis, the logical method, classification, formalization, the systems method, statistical, functional, structural and economic analysis. The topicality of the research is determined by the necessity to improve social, economic, ecological and legal conditions of hunting, the need for protection, reproduction and preservation of hunting resources, and the need for modernization of the modern nature management mechanism. The authors come to the conclusion that it is economically reasonable to invest into the development of hunting as an economic activity in Khabarovsk region, and prove the necessity to create the modern hunting infrastructure.

Keywords: quotas, limits, sustainable hunting, natural resources, hunting infrastructure, biodiversity, game, hunting areas, Khabarovsk region, hunting sector

Abstract: The research subject is the analysis of scientific works studying the ways of cats infestation  with Opisthorchis felineus and the most common clinical symptoms of the disease. The article denotes the infestant of the invasion and its bridging host. The author considers the effectiveness of medications with active ingredients praziquantel and albendazole and treatment contradictions; analyzes the side effects of medications containing the above mentioned active ingredients on a cat’s organism; gives the examples of trade names with these active ingredients. The research method is the analysis of works studying the impact of anthelmintic agents, used to treat Opisthorchis felineus invasions in cats, on a cat’s organism and their side effects. The scientific novelty of the study in determined by the need for a comparative assessment of the effectiveness of anthelmintic agents with the active ingredients praziquantel and albendazole for treating opisthorchiasis in cats due to the existing variety of anthelmintic medications with various active ingredients and different trade names present on the mass market. Based on the research, the author concludes about the necessity to study the spread of opisthorchiasis in carnivores on the territory of Moscow. It is necessary to study the factors of the pathogen transmission to pets and the effectiveness of anthelmintic agents, and to assess the risks of infection for people.  

Keywords: anthelmintic, pancreas, liver, invasion, worms, flukes, opisthorchiasis, cat, praziquantel, albendazole

Abstract: A traditional technology used in beef raising in Kalmykia and Siberia cannot be copied and won’t be effective in Yakutia due to its objective peculiarities. Therefore, it is necessary to use special principles and create a unique technology and a specific Yakutian type of meat cattle. High-quality marble meat production is determined by the genetic potential of the selected breeds (Kalmyk, Yakutian) and the methods of cattle raising (aimed at increasing heterozygosity). The article contains experimental data on selection and genetic parameters of productive characteristics of the young stock of meat breeds (Hereford and Kalmyk) in Yakutia. The research is based on the groups each composing 10 animals of bull calves and heifers aged 6.9 months. Groups equity is achieved through the use of couples of analogous animals. Animals were raised using the meat cattle raising technology, in equal breeding and raising conditions. Diets meet the requirements of the Federal Science Center for Animal Husbandry in food value, energy level and nutrient content. It is the first time when selection and genetic parameters of production qualities of the young stock of meat breeds (Hereford and Kalmyk) are studied in Yakutia. Weight growth of the young stock of meat breeds shows that the body weight of bull calves and heifers at birth was 19.2 - 20.8 kg, at the age of 3 months - 53.3 - 55.5 kg, at the age of 5 months - 109.7 - 117 kg correspondingly.  

Keywords: average daily growth, parameters, Kalmyk breed,, Hereford breed, development, growth, living weight, indices, meat cattle breeding, feeding