Formation and development of agricultural cooperation in the years of reforms and the post-reform period

Issue № 8, 2018, article № 5, pages 36-52

Section: Managing forms in market economy

Language: Russian

Original language title: СТАНОВЛЕНИЕ И РАЗВИТИЕ СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННОЙ КООПЕРАЦИИ В ГОДЫ РЕФОРМ И ПОРЕФОРМЕННЫЙ ПЕРИОД

Keywords: AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES, PRODUCTION AND CONSUMER COOPERATIVES FORM OF THE ORGANIZATION OF PRODUCTION, EFFICIENCY CONDITION, AND OPPORTUNISTIC BEHAVIOUR

Abstract: The analysis of structure changes of the agricultural organizations at various stages of agrarian reform and during the post-reform period shows that despite expectations of scientists and experts of the most different economic and political views agricultural cooperation in the country developed rather poorly. The situation was changed even by active use of an administrative resource and the state money. Moreover, the agricultural production cooperatives created with the state support on ruins of the ruined enterprises in the bulk haven't shown necessary financial stability and have been forced to stop the economic activity. The following data, in particular, demonstrate to it. If in the 90th the share of cooperatives in the general structure of the agricultural organizations constantly grew and by 2002 has reached 48.7‰, then today she hardly exceeds 20‰. And it, we will notice, has occurred those years when the economic situation of agricultural branch in general, certainly, improved, quite good growth rates of agricultural production of and livestock production were observed. Need of modernization of the agricultural production providing decrease in energy consumption on a unit of production and increase in labour productivity contradicted the requirement of preservation of jobs which is one of the main economic interests of members of agricultural production cooperatives. It is important as well the fact that the cooperative form of the organization of production doesn't stimulate inflow of private investments from other spheres of economic activity that constrains development of branch even at substantial increase of level of its profitability. Noted shortcomings are characteristic, first of all, of agricultural production cooperatives. Therefore it is quite natural that at this conjuncture the cooperation development vector gradually changes towards the accelerated growth of number of consumer cooperatives. It is important that the structure of interests of members of consumer cooperatives is much simpler, than production. Therefore the organization of effective work of consumer cooperatives is less difficult and that is very essential, doesn't impose special requirements to personal qualities of the members.

Authors: Zadkov Aleksandr Pavlovich