Abstract:

Having studied the location theories developed by world scholars it was concluded that the attention paid to the location theory of agriculture was insufficient. J.Thünen is one of the few scholars who considered the issues of farming location. However, economic environment has changed significantly, transportation costs are no more the main ones, and production gravitates towards market outlets and resources. Agricultural resources include financial (the most mobile), human (less mobile) and land (not mobile) resources. Therefore, in present-day conditions there is a need for the development of the theory of location considering human resources and market outlets.  Labor input in the sphere of crop farming and livestock breeding was analyzed, and on this basis, levels of farming location were offered. Implementation of the developed approach to agricultural location can ensure sustainable development of rural areas through conservation and development of human resources in rural areas and increase of efficiency due to heavy, large-size production location close to agricultural product processing centers.