ROLE OF PEASANT FARMS IN DEVELOPMENT OF THE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS MARKET

DOI 10.32651/2070-0288-2018-11-68-72

Issue № 11, 2018, article № 12, pages 68-72

Section: Agrofood market

Language: Russian

Original language title: РОЛЬ КРЕСТЬЯНСКИХ (ФЕРМЕРСКИХ) ХОЗЯЙСТВ В РАЗВИТИИ РЫНКА СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННОЙ ПРОДУКЦИИ

Keywords: CATEGORIES OF FARMS, PEASANT FARMS (FARM HOUSEHOLD), SMALL FORMS OF ECONOMY MANAGEMENT, RATIONAL SIZE, GOVERNMENTAL SUPPORT

Abstract: For several decades the scientific community has been concerned about the condition and prospects of development of various categories of farms in different Russian regions and about their role in the development of the market of agricultural products, primary produce and food. Farms, which are different in size, specialisation and concentration of production, perform their role in the industrial market economics of Russian regions. Issues about the development of peasant farms (farm household) remain relevant and require the thorough analysis. In agriculture, the provision of competitiveness for farms of all types and sizes will improve food security of the country. Any agricultural enterprise is characterised in organisational terms by a certain system, which means the method of connection between quantitative and qualitative characteristics of land, labour and financial resources. The article contains a brief analysis of the current condition and prospects of the development of various categories of Russian farms. Large agricultural enterprises, integrated formation, in a sense, destroy the intra-industry competition and do not allow small manufacturers to develop. They limit access not only to external, but also to territorial market. The role of peasant farms (farm household) in the development of market of agricultural products, considering the dynamics of indicators of the breeding industry, was designated in the last four years. The advantages of peasant farms (farm household) in the development of modern agricultural business in small forms of economy management were noticeable. Medium and small farms, including peasant farms (farm household), have the shortage of financial, labour, material-and-technical and other resources, but are able to receive products of the quality demanded by the market with a lower cost, and, therefore, more competitive. As a result of the reform of insolvent large and medium agricultural enterprises, a significant part of their land, material-and-technical and labour resources will go to small enterprises, to peasant (farmer) and highly-marketable individual subsidiary households. It is necessary to improve national policy in the field of financial support of small farms. It is impossible to allow equal conditions for participation of farms of different sizes in tenders, grants and other competitions for the appropriation of budgetary funds.

Authors: Sergeeva Natalia Viktorovna