Editorial Introduction

ABSTRACT

Valentina Peleckiene and her research team observed and analyzed how economic growth of EU countries is accompanied by growth of motorization rate and fatalities during the last decades in terms of inventory number of motor vehicles and accidents in road traffic. The study by Oleksandr Klymchuk et al. highlights the historical processes, current trends, and prospects for the production and consumption of biodiesel in the world;modern approaches to the formation, development, and support of biodiesel production in the European Union are outlined;the economic efficiency of biodiesel production in Ukraine from different types of raw materials (rapeseed, sunflower, soybean) is considered, and modern approaches to efficient biodiesel production in Ukraine and perspective directions of formation of raw material base for the increase of biodiesel production are offered. The analytical study of Tetiana Prylipko's team is examining the search and development of effective ways to reduce the proportion of grain in feed due to non-grain raw materials and partial or complete replacement of such high-value ingredients as animal proteins, fats, phosphatides, macro-and micronutrients, and vitamin-mineral premixes through the use of natural resources of the local raw material base. In the research by Pavlina Fuhelo et al., an evaluation model of the sufficiency of financial support for territorial communities of Ukraine is considered and a ranked series of territorial units is constructed;the problems of the financial support system for territorial communities due to the existence of post-conflict and temporarily occupied territories are identified, and directions for improving the financial provision of territorial communities are proposed and alternative sources of funds for the budgets of territorial communities are considered.