Economics and management of national economy

The agrarian food consumption in Ukraine and its association with socio-demographic indicators of human development

Economic Annals-XXI

Economic Annals-ХХI: Volume 175, Issue 1-2, Pages: 45-52

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Seheda, S., Datsenko, G., Otkalenko, O., & Musil, P. (2019). The agrarian food consumption in Ukraine and its association with socio-demographic indicators of human development. Economic Annals-XXI, 175(1-2), 45-52. doi: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V175-08

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Serhii Seheda
PhD (Economics),
Associate Professor,
Vinnytsia Institute of Trade and Economics of Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics
87 Soborna Str., Vinnytsia, 21050, Ukraine
sehedas@gmail.com
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6179-564X

Anna Datsenko
PhD (Economics),
Associate Professor,
Vinnytsia Institute of Trade and Economics of Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics
87 Soborna Str., Vinnytsia, 21050, Ukraine
datsenko2017@ukr.net
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8327-7301

Olena Otkalenko
PhD (Economics),
Vinnytsia Institute of Trade and Economics of Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics
87 Soborna Str., Vinnytsia, 21050, Ukraine
eotkalenko@gmail.com
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7184-8437

Petr Musil
PhD (Economics),
Department of Economic Studies,
College of Polytechnics Jihlava
16 Tolstého Str., Jihlava, 58601, Czech Republic
petrmusil1977@gmail.com ;
petr.musil@vspj.cz
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8164-2181

The agrarian food consumption in Ukraine and its association with socio-demographic indicators of human development

Abstract. The objective of current research was to analyse the extent Ukrainian population was provided with the basic agrarian foods during 1990-2017 and to evaluate the relevant impact on the dynamics of human development indicators, such as birth rate, death rate, life expectancy at birth, mortality rate of infants and fertility rate. During the study, it was identified that consumption of basic agrarian foods did not meet the recommended nutrition norms. However, the tendency of significantly low consumption of «expensive» protein and vitamin containing foods (meat, milk, fish and fruits) was registered. Simultaneously, the tendency of «cheap» food consumption was topical. Thus the levels of bread, potato and vegetable consumption were exceeding the recommended nutrition norms. Our data suggest that nutrition degrading of agrarian food consumption corresponds with the change in the birth rate, the death rate, the life expectancy at birth and the fertility rate in Ukraine. The correlation analysis showed that the basic triggers of negative socio-demographic situation in Ukraine were low consumption of meat, milk, vegetables and fruits. The consumption of such agrarian product as bread, potato, sugar, eggs and vegetable oils did not perform a significant impact on the outcomes of the research.

Keywords: Agrarian-Food Products; Consumption; Social and Demographic Indicators; Correlation Analysis

JEL Classification: O10; C12

Acknowledgements: The authors would like to thank Dr. Yuliia Seheda for the support in the paper preparation. This article is a part of the research work financed from the general fund of the State Budget of Ukraine: «Theoretical, methodological and applied principles of socio-economic development of the agrarian sphere of the Ukrainian economy in the conditions of globalization (state registration number: 0116U003210)».

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21003/ea.V175-08

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