Стан і проблеми виробництва яловичини в Україні

Abstract

У статті висвітлено сучасний стан виробництва яловичини в Україні та визначено основні причини зменшення обсягу виробництва. Розглянуто про-блеми розвитку даної галузі тваринництва й окреслено напрями їх подолання. Обґрунтовано, що прискорений розвиток спеціалізованого м 'ясного скотар-ства — це реальний шлях до збільшення виробництва якісної та дешевої яло-вичини. The article is devoted to the analysis of the state of stock-breeding in Ukraine, namely the problems of cattle breeding. The beginning of 1990s was marked with considerable de-crease in subsidies to agricultural producers and change in the state policy of animal husbandry support. Political and economical instability of the last twenty years had negative impact on the Ukrainian industrial livestock complex. Grad-ual transition from large — to small-scale production had negative effect on state and further development of animal husbandry, volume of output, structure of production and consumption of meat and meat products. Cattle stock is con-stantly reducing and in the last years this reduction menaces the national food supply security. The state fails to curb the reduction of cattle stock. The article deals with the modern situation of production of beef in Ukraine and the principal reasons of the decrease in production. The main problems of this industry are considered, as well as ways to overcome them. It is substantiated that accelerated development of the specialized meat cattle breeding is the real way to increase production of high-quality and cheap beef.