Model of a region’s balanced agricultural development using the biomass energy potential

Economic Annals-ХХI: Volume 139, Issue 3-4(1), Pages: 86-89

Citation information:
Yakubiv, V., Zhuk, O., & Prodanova, I. (2014). Model of a region’s balanced agricultural development using the biomass energy potential. Economic Annals-XXI, 3-4(1), 86-89. https://ea21journal.world/index.php/ea-v139-22/

Valentyna Yakubiv
D.Sc. (Economics),
Professor,
Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University
57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk, 76018, Ukraine
valentyna-ya@i.ua

Olha Zhuk
PhD (Economics),
Associate Professor,
Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University
57 Shevchenko Str., Ivano-Frankivsk, 76018, Ukraine
ok.zhuk@i.ua

Iryna Prodanova
PhD (Economics),
Associate Professor,
IvanoFrankivsk National Technical University of Oil and Gas
15 Karpatska Str., Ivano-Frankivsk, 76019, Ukraine
prodanova_ii@i.ua

Model of region’s balanced agricultural development using the biomass energy potential

Abstract. Ensuring food and energy security is an important issue facing every country, because it underpins social welfare. One of the reasons for the problem being so urgent is that there is unlimited demand for consumer goods and energy; another reason is that the resources which can resolve the problem are limited and non-renewable. In Ukraine, non-renewable energy sources make up to 99% of the country’s energy balance. The world’s energy sources are being exhausted rapidly. For this reason, there is an urgent need to find an optimal solution to renewable energy development, including bioenergy production. The research employs strategic analysis methods, the abstract logical method, the analogy method, and the methods of calculation, construction, and modelling. The paper presents a systemic approach to solving the problems of energy and food security in Ukraine through balanced agricultural development. From this point of view, the authors design a model of balanced agricultural development with the usage of biomass potential and propose a systemic algorithm of balanced agricultural development based on bioenergy production. In the applied evaluation and interpretation of the designed model, the authors consider its structural constituents, parameters, factual data and statistics, as well as a system of expected economic, social and ecological results. The applied scientific research results are an innovative model of balanced agricultural development with the view to bioenergy development, which offers real prospects for solving the country’s food and energy problems.

Keywords: Biomass Energy; Agriculture; Model; Balanced Development; Bioenergy

JEL Classification: Q13; Q20; Q42

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Received 18.02.2014