Factors of Agricultural Cooperation Development

Abstract

The article is devoted to the conceptual aspects of the development of agricultural cooperation. The authors have analysed subjective and objective prerequisites for the growth of cooperative associations of small rural producers. The article argues that objective factors determining the genesis of agricultural cooperation, namely, the presence of ownership of small rural producers, which allows them to maintain the status of independent owners, but not sufficient from the point of view of efficiency in a market economy, and integration into the market remain relevant in modern cooperative practice. The problems of domestic cooperative legislation are revealed. The statistical data presented in the article allowed us to show that the reason for the current stagnation of the Russian agricultural cooperative sector is rooted precisely in the low marketability of small farms. Based on correlation analysis, the main subjects of cooperation of the agricultural complex of Russia – industrialised farms are shown.