Trends of Forming Agri-Food Chains of Value Added in Ukraine

Abstract

The scientific and methodological principles of agro-food chains functioning in Ukraine as an economic system, which consists of numerous participants, which promote bringing of products to the end user on basis of providing additional services, are systematized. The main production, market and institutional tendencies and environment for interaction in creating effective chains of value added and attracting them to small-scale agricultural producers are analyzed. The proposals for increasing added value in the grain chains based on diversification of grain use in production of livestock products are developed. It is proved that the maintenance of competitiveness of domestic agro-food chains will contribute to the implementation of quality and safety management systems in agricultural enterprises for cultivation of products of plant and animal origin.