تحلیل کارایی تعاونی کشاورزی
Abstract
1- Introduction
2- Methodology and data
3- Results
4- Conclusion
Acknowledgements
References
Abstract
This paper is devoted to a new approach in the research of the efficiency of cooperative forms of agricultural production organization in Russia. Based on the methodology of the cooperation efficiency evaluation developed by the author, the comparative efficiency analysis of the performance of agricultural enterprises in Russia was carried out. A comparison is made between two forms of agricultural production: cooperative (represented by agricultural production cooperatives) and noncooperative (represented by peasant (farm) households). The calculation and the resulting analysis of efficiency indicators allowed characterizing the position of each form and drawing conclusions regarding the choice of strategy for the development of small-scale production in agriculture. The results of the analysis demonstrate a relatively higher efficiency of non-cooperative forms in agriculture in Russia now. This partly explains the unsuccessful attempts of the state to develop agricultural cooperation during the period from 2005 to 2016.
Introduction
The branches of the agro-industrial complex are the most dynamically developing in Russia today. The analysis of the average growth rates by branches of agriculture showed that many of them have good positive dynamics, far ahead of the growth rates of industrial production sector. However, as some experts note (Nikulin, Trotsyk, Sobolev, Kurakin, 2016), such growth is largely due to the development of large agro-industrial holdings, actively supported by the state. Given the emergence of such holdings, certain industries (poultry farming, livestock farming) have achieved high production levels and, in fact, provide the country with the necessary foodstuffs, are able to solve the problem of dependence on Western suppliers. Thus, partially one of the key problems – ensuring food security- was resolved. But another problem remained unsolved: the extremely weak development of small-scale agricultural production (primarily farming) and their associations, and at the same time total poverty in the countryside. The President of the Russian Federation V. V. Putin in the message to the Federal Assembly for 2017 emphasized these aspects. Understanding the importance of this issue exists (as indicated by a number of studies, including those commissioned by the Government of the Russian Federation), but its solution has not yet been found either in theory or in practice.