Increase of competitiveness and efficiency is one of the key tasks for rural economy under the conditions of constantly growing competition both at the market of Eurasian economic union and at the markets of the far abroad countries. In this regard there is a necessity to estimate competitiveness of agriculture and to analyze the factors of its formation. Different competitiveness assessment methods are considered and existing approaches to the agriculture competitiveness assessment are studied in the article. The methods of agriculture competitiveness assessment are developed based on the analysis fulfilled.

This article read about theoretic aspects of agricultural industry specialization in the current economic conditions.

The increase in exports of agricultural products is one of the priorities of the State Program for the Development of Agrarian Business in the Republic of Belarus for 2016-2020. Its solution involves studying new markets, expanding the geography of exports of Belarusian agricultural products. The basic methods for estimation the possibility of the export such products from the point of view of compliance with regulatory requirements of a number of countries to the quality and safety indicators of products on the example of dairy products are reflected in this article. The strategic approaches to solving this problem in the conditions of functioning of the Eurasian Economic Union are developed

The issues of energy enterprises greenhouse complex of the Gomel region. The author describes a method of constructing an integrated profile of an enterprise of the greenhouse complex. The components of the integrated profile of the greenhouse enterprises - productive potential, energy potential, ecological potential. The author provided indicators characterizing each of the potentials and the methods of their calculation and subsequent rating as well. The author provided as well a method for the graphical display of the integrated profile of the enterprise of the greenhouse complex. An example of the construction of the integrated profile of the enterprise of the greenhouse complex of the Gomel region has been given. Conclusions regarding the industrial, energy and ecology efficiency of the enterprise have been made.

The use of pulsed electric fields is one of the most promising non-thermal methods of processing food products. Inactivation of microorganisms exposed to high-voltage PEFs is related to the electromechanical instability of the cell membrane. Electric field strength and treatment time are the two most important factors involved in PEF processing. The high initial cost of setting up the PEF processing system is the major obstacle confronting those who would encourage the system’s industrial application. Innovative developments in high-voltage pulse technology will reduce the cost of pulse generation and will make PEF processing competitive with thermal-processing methods.

Data of limy fertilizers influence on efficiency of long-term cereal herbs at haying use of peat soils are presented in the article. The economic and power assessment of doses of lime application at various systems of mineral fertilizer is given.

In the article the contemporary experience of investment activity in agrarian economy is analyzed. The main forms and directions of the state support of agriculture are examined, characteristics of methods and types of state subsidizing and crediting of agrarian sector of separate countries are revealed. The estimation of contemporary condition and perspectives of the state support development of agricultural enterprise taking into consideration the tendencies of the world economy are given.