EFFICIENCY OF THE ORGANIZATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL CONSUMER PROCESSING COOPERATIVE IN MEAT CATTLE BREEDING

DOI 10.32651/2070-0288-2018-3-64-70

Issue № 3, 2018, article № 13, pages 64-70

Section: Cooperation and integration

Language: Russian

Original language title: ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТЬ ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННОГО ПОТРЕБИТЕЛЬСКОГО ПЕРЕРАБАТЫВАЮЩЕГО КООПЕРАТИВА В МЯСНОМ СКОТОВОДСТВЕ

Keywords: MEATCATTLEBREEDING, EFFICIENCYOFCO-OPERATION, PROCESSING CO-OPERATIVE, SMALL FARMS, EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME, INVESTMENT PROJECT ANALYSIS, MATHEMATICAL MODELING

Abstract: Long-term decreasing of beef production in Russia caused mostly by economic reasons and fast declining of import caused by food embargo introduced in 2014 and by fallowed devaluation of Russian ruble led to decreasing of beef consumption by the population and to higher risks for food security. At the same time there is an impressive potential for production increase in the country if to take into account millions hectares of abandoned agricultural lands, growing unemployment in rural areas. The simplest way to use these possibilities is to develop extensive livestock production in small farms sector. The last years beef production costs has been increasing but the revenue has been stable or even decreasing. These processes lead to lower incomes of farmersand therefore interfere expanded production. Small farms turned out in a vicious circle: lack of financial resources - inability to renovate their technical capacities and to replenish operating assets - production costs increasing following by decreasing of quality and volumes of production - lower prices of the final product - lack of income - and again lack of financial resources and decreasing of production. One of the ways to get out from this vicious circle is co-operation. In this article the issues related to organization and efficiency evaluation of a beef processing co-operative of combined farmers are investigated. The methodology of the research is based on using a combination of mathematical models and instruments of investment project analysis and reflects specific conditions of meat cattle breeding and beef processing.

Authors: Koshelev Valerii Mikhailovich, Pokhlebkina Anna Viktorovna