Economic aspects of manufacture and consumption of meat and meat products

The article deals with the economic aspects of production, as well as consumption of meat and meat products in Ukraine. The purpose of the study is to analyze the state of production, as well as the consumption of meat and meat products in Ukraine, to identify the factors influencing the production, marketing and consumption of these products. The optimal amounts of meat and meat products production are determined, which will enable to meet the needs of the population according to the rules of rational nutrition. The article attracts attention to the problems of the meat products complex of Ukraine, which results in insufficient consumption of the necessary products by the majority of the population of the country, which leads to inconsistencies between production, solvency and the needs of the population. The potential opportunities in the field of improving the quality of food raw materials for obtaining additional food reserves are determined. The development of the meat products complex in Ukraine requires intensification of branches of animal husbandry, the development of the forage base, optimization of the relations between farms with the processing industry of the agroindustrial complex, the improvement of the price mechanism for the formation of the meat resources market and the improvement of the quality and range of meat products.