PROSPECTS FOR ORGANIC PRODUCTION DEVELOPMENT IN THE MARKET ENVIRONMENT

The main objective of the study is to analyze the factors that determine and stimulate organic production in Ukraine, as well as study the experience of the EU countries regarding the peculiarities of organic production development and to identify areas for improvement of domestic legislation to develop the organic sphere. Methodological tools: statistical, retrospective, graphical research methods, which have been used to assess the state of organic agriculture in Ukraine and identify factors that stimulate its development. The study period covers the years 2002-2018. The study of the prospects for the development of organic production in a market environment is carried out in the following logical sequence: the features of the development of organic movement in the world are revealed; the dynamics of changes in the area of agricultural land and the number of agrarian enterprises in 2002-2018 was researched, an analysis of the dynamics of the consumer organic market in Ukraine was conducted; The rating of European countries on agricultural land occupied by organic products is given; a comparative analysis of the main organic food products with the traditional ones was conducted; the mechanism of the basic requirements for acquiring the status of producer of organic products is developed; the forecast of the total area of organic agricultural land in 2019 is carried out.