ON THE ROLE OF LOCAL RURAL COMMUNITIES IN ENSURING FOOD SECURITY AND AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE CONDITIONS OF SANCTIONS PRESSURE

Issue № 6, 2023, article № 10, pages 87-96

Language: Russian

Original language title: О РОЛИ МЕСТНЫХ СЕЛЬСКИХ СООБЩЕСТВ В ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИИ ПРОДОВОЛЬСТВЕННОЙ БЕЗОПАСНОСТИ И АГРАРНОГО РАЗВИТИЯ В УСЛОВИЯХ САНКЦИОННОГО ДАВЛЕНИЯ

Keywords: FOOD SECURITY, TECHNOLOGICAL SOVEREIGNTY, LOCAL COMMUNITY, VILLAGE, RURAL COMMUNITY, MISSION, SYSTEM, INTEGRITY, EXPEDIENCY, RURAL TERRITORY, INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, PRODUCTION SYSTEM, STRATEGIC SUSTAINABILITY, INDUSTRIAL COOPERATION, LEADERSHIP, LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE, LOCAL ECONOMY, TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL VALUES, HARMONIOUS SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT, SOCIO-TERRITORIAL SYSTEM

Abstract: The article considers the phenomenon of local rural communities, in relation to their place, role and importance in the development of rural areas and the domestic agro-industrial complex. It is noted that local communities are not just a collection of residents of rural areas. The local rural community is a social system that reflects the characteristic aspects of organization, self-government, integrity, expediency and openness. However, as interdisciplinary studies show, the importance of local communities as organized purposeful systems has not been sufficiently studied, both from a theoretical and methodological point of view, and in the context of practical management and economic activities in the countryside. In the article, based on the generalization of the available theoretical, methodological, law enforcement and practical material, the definition of the concept of "local rural community" is formulated, and the essential basic features and main manifestations of the essence and content of the category "local communities" are identified in relation to rural areas as socio-territorial systems and production systems in the agro-industrial complex. Using the example of rural areas, the article analyzes and formulates the features of the participation of local communities in the implementation of the progressive socio-economic development of rural areas and the domestic agro-industrial complex, taking into account the need to ensure harmonious spatial development and solve problems of food security. The paper outlines the most significant aspects of the functioning and development of local communities that are of particular importance for the development of rural areas and the agro-industrial complex. It is noted that local rural communities grow both social and production leaders in the countryside. In addition, local communities promote production and other cooperation in agriculture. It is extremely important that, namely, local communities are a tool for identifying, updating and implementing the missions of rural settlements, as a social basis for the viability and strategic sustainability of the village as a social and production phenomenon. The article also formulated a number of recommendations to ensure the harmonious development of rural areas and production systems in the agro-industrial complex based on the implementation of the role of local rural communities. In particular, it was concluded that, from the point of view of state agrarian policy, it is necessary to pay special attention to taking into account the opinion and goal-setting of local communities in terms of building long-term plans for the social and economic development of the village. The article substantiates the need for further research on the place and role of local rural communities in terms of the integrated socio-economic development of rural areas and the agro-industrial complex in Russia.

Authors: Novichkov Nikolai Vladimirovich, Novikov Vladimir Gennadevich