Economic potential of farmers in providing the development of rural territorial communities

Introduction. Increasing the economic potential, in particular of farms, is one of the important problems of the current development of Ukraine. Taking into account Russia's military aggression against Ukraine, the urgent national task is not only to stabilize the economy, but also to ensure stable social development. In this context, the economic potential of farms should contribute to the development of rural territorial communities. The purpose of the paper is to analyze issues related to criminal responsibility for committing crimes during armed aggression in Ukraine. The purpose of the paper is consists in substantiating the importance of the economic potential of farms in ensuring the stable development of rural territorial communities. Results. An economic analysis of the activities of Ukrainian farmers in the pre-war period was carried out and certain directions of the realization of reserves were identified. Attention is focused on the growth of the profitability of farms of the main types of production. It was determined that the reserves of increasing the potential can be an increase in the number of farms, an increase in the area of agricultural crops. Such problems of potential formation as significant damage or complete destruction of property, enlistment of men for military service, disruption of economic relations, insufficient budgetary support are singled out. Such proposals regarding the use of this potential in the context of ensuring the development of rural territorial communities as the development of strategic and current development programs, the introduction of new current technologies for the cultivation of types of agricultural products or animals, the organization of processing, in particular with the use of household raw materials, participation in joint innovative projects of farmers and territorial communities, community assistance to farmers in the purchase of their products to provide kindergartens, schools, and other social institutions, which will have a positive effect for both parties. Conclusions. For Ukraine, the economic potential of farms is an important factor in the development of rural territorial communities. The performed economic analysis of the functioning of these farms, the identified reserves made it possible to formulate reasoned proposals for increasing the economic potential, which will contribute to the stable development of rural areas.