The role of agricultural economists in study on problems related to regional food safety

. The beginning of the agricultural and economic science foundaton in historical aspect is studied in the article. The stages of its formation and development in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutiya) are reviewed. The paper presents some well-known scientists-agricultural economists who have made a significant contribution to the science and education of the Republic. A brief overview of their researches is shown. The article focuses on the need for enhanced capacity-building for the activity of regional economic research. Particularly, it is necessary to significantly enhance the intellectual potential of scientists in terms of selecting and evaluating priority areas of social and economic researches on the AIC development, including food safety governance. The study highlights that agricultural science plays an important role in solving the main tasks of providing food safety. The authors concluded that it is necessary to sustain regional science aimed at creating a local food base in the Far North. methodological, social and economic and econometric development of macroeconomic models of regional development; social and economic forecasting; economic zoning and territorial organization of regions; development of the basics of demographic security and labor of the research of problems of housing and communal services of the region; development of economic and social standards of quality of life of the population of the comprehensive ethnic


Introduction
Solving complex problems of AIC development is impossible without extensive academic researches and reliable scientific support. It is important to understand that sustainable development of the agrofood complex and food safety can be reached based only on a new paradigm of scientific and technological development on the ground of a new knowledge, innovative and socially responsible economy [9]. Thus, scientific institutions of agroeconomic profile need to continue research on the agriculture development, providing the necessary level of its profitability, transforming the industry into a knowledgeconsumptive and high-tech economy sector, reducing intersectoral disparities, reducing significant regional differences in social and economic development of the village.

Materials and methods
In recent decades, the development issues of social and economic systems of the region have been in the main focus of a significant number of scientists and researchers. The theoretical and methodological basis of regional economic research in the country are the works of such scientists as Abalkin L. I., Altukhov A. I., Granberg A. G., Glazyev S. Yu., Minakir P. A., Petrakov N. Ya., Ushachev I. and others. General scientific research methods were used in the research process.

Results and discussion
Since its formation in 70 years, the agricultural and economic science of the Republic has endured several stages of formation and development: The 1950s and 1960s of the last century: the organization of research and generalization of agricultural science achievements into production; recommendations for reinstatement of the rural economy after the war; the development of agriculture and fodder cropping in collective farms that ensure stable yields in extreme climate conditions. Participation in the fundamental work "Scientific-based development and deployment of productive forces of the Northern zone for the period of 1971-1980". The 1970s and 1980s: creation of the "Development of local food facility in the areas of commercial exploitation of the Far North and the BAM zone"; "General scheme of development and placement of agriculture of the YASSR up to 2000"; "Market forecast of agricultural products of the Republic, improvement of multiregion food relations", as well as "System of subsistence agriculture of Yakutia", etc.
The 1990s and 2020s: studying the problems of regional food safety, providing a comprehensive social and economic development of rural uluses; the development of family economy and cooperative relations, as well as agricultural transformations in the conditions of market relations and the formation of effective management systems.
More important scientists-agricultural economists who have made a significant contribution to science and education should be mentioned. In fact, this is a message to young people, passing a certain conditional baton. It is implicit that some veterans have retired from the most active work, and some are no longer alive.
Mikhail Fedorovich Gabyshev, Doctor of Sciences degree in Economics, Professor, Director of the Belarusian Research Institute of Animal Husbandry of the Academy of Sciences of the BSSR, made a significant contribution to the work of the Department of Economics at Yakut Subdivision of the Siberian Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR. In 1945-1947, he conducted an expedition to study the horse breeding of Yakutiya, which resulted in the creation of major monographic works such as "Yakut horse breeding: economy and organization of herd horse breeding in the Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic" and "Fodder herbs of Yakutiaya". These books have already become bestsellers and indispensable guides for many generations of scientists, practitioners, and students.
Avdeev   (1987)(1988)(1989)(1990)(1991)(1992)(1993)(1994). He also workes as a deputy director at Institute of Regional Economics of the North, Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) (1995-2014.). From 2014 to present he works as a leading research worker at the Federal Research Centre "The Yakut Scientific Centre of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences".
These are the veterans of agricultural and economic science in Yakutiya. The story about them could be continued and show many more worthy and bright images. The conclusion is the following: young people have someone to take the baton from. The new generation of economists faces difficult and challenging problems, especially for Russian science in general, and for the Northern regions in particular.
It is important to note that insufficient scientific and technological development of territories leads to the emergence of a new and extremely poor phenomenon in our country, which we call "regional peripheral economy" [3]. The consequence of its expansion is that in all Russian territories (both underdeveloped and highly developed), the growth of technological potential is slowed down, as well as the level of well-being of residents is reduced. A special effect on the change in the technological potential of regions has a decrease in their number of scientific centers and personnel engaged in research and development. In fact it is shown that there is a certain outcome of science from the regions and restraint of innovative development in them [2]. As you may know, in the Soviet Union, contrary to world experience, there was a separation of research institutions from higher education, training of specialists from researches. Division of labor, maybe, is necessary. And that is a certain advantage. In the past, when there were few universities and no major research centers, the unity of science and learning was natural. Then all the classics of Russian science were university professors. The present day, research institutions are required to implement, develop, and prepare various scientific articles, documents, and references. Nowadays, academic reform requires scientists to publish in journals indexed only in English-language databases like Web of Scienc and Scopus. And the university professorship, generally, is difficult to attract to research work, since it is already overloaded with teaching work. Our higher school still resembles a gymnasium, where young people are more "trained" than taught to work independently. It is also overloaded with bureaucratic reporting.
Negative phenomena, primarily related to the general situation in the country, have begun to increase in recent years. Entering to post-graduate and doctoral programs has decreased significantly. Thus, various commercial ways of obtaining funds to support science are being found. Nowadays, there is practically no Research Institute for Economics in the Republic, and the "Institute of Regional Economy of the North" once had more than a hundred known people. After its transfering to the Northeast Federal University named after M.K. Ammosov, it turned into image of a feeble department, or even an incomprehensible laboratory, with a staff of 4-5 people.
Therefore, since 2014, only the "Department of regional economic and social research" at the Federal Research Center "Yakut Scientific Center of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences" has been engaged in studying the problems of social and economic development of the Republic. Its main research areas are: methodological, social and economic and econometric researches; development of macroeconomic models of regional development; social and economic forecasting; economic zoning and territorial organization of regions; development of the basics of demographic security and labor market of the region; research of problems of housing and communal services of the region; development of economic and social standards of quality of life of the population of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutiya); comprehensive ethnic social and economic expertise of intersectoral interaction in the economy of the region, etc. One of the important areas of the department's research is food safety as long as the food supply of the population is a priority direction of social and economic development of the country and the region. For the effective development of material production, the rate of development of information technology and technology must exceed the rate of production growth, and scientific developments must be ahead of the development rate of engineering and technology. In respect of words spoken, the problem of intensifying science and increasing its effectiveness is an urgent one of ensuring the country's food safety [5]. It is important to note that the problem of food safety legitimately fits to interdisciplinary scientific research of high complexity and great significance [4]. In order to increase the level of population self-sufficiency in basic food products, it is necessary to develop a scientifically based system of regional food supply, regardless of their specific characteristics. This is especially relevant for regions with severe climatic and social and economic conditions such as the Republic of Sakha (Yakutiya) [7].
As a result of the investigations into the problems of food safety in the regions of the North-East of the Russian Federation for 2017-2019, we see that the most important direction of scientists ' efforts should be the solution of fundamental production issues, processing and storage of agricultural products, raw materials and food. Success of these tasks depends on many factors, and primarily on the qualifications of scientific staff [8]. Consequently, it is necessary to significantly enhance the intellectual potential of agricultural economic research institutions and scientists of agricultural universities in E3S Web of Conferences 176, 05011 (2020) IDSISA 2020 https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf /202017605011 evaluating the priority areas of social and economic researches of AIC development. Food safety is one of them. Therefore, agricultural science plays an important role in solving the main tasks of ensuring food safety [6].

Conclusion
From the foregoing, it should be concluded that agricultural science, created in Yakutiya, has gone through several stages of its formation and development. Therefore, in 1959 the economic researches in agricultural science were started. However, today the general situation in the country and the Republic has changed dramatically. New problems of market relations have been put on a priority. Although the "eternal" issues that pass from one formation to another remain. That is why, we need to focus on the problems that need to be solved, based on the changed general economic and other situation as well as on ways to overcome the crisis and create a competitive agriculture. It is about strengthening regional science aimed at creating a local food base in the Far North. It is essential to preserve and increase scientific staff, relying on the old and nurturing the young; to enhance the prestige of agricultural economic science, and most importantly -its practical usefulness to the country. Grandly that agricultural economics does not break away from practice, participating in the scientific support and maintaince of the state program; the development of timely measures to supplement and adjust its individual provisions [1]. State for its part should also consider its scientific staff as one of the most important components of the national wealth. The same is true to agricultural economists who should increase their civil responsibility for the fate of Russian agriculture.