INNOVATIVE ACTIVITY OF SMALL AGRICULTURAL BUSINESSES AND DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS

Issue № 9, 2025, article № 4, pages 30-40

Section: Investment and innovation in agriculture

Language: Russian

Original language title: ИННОВАЦИОННАЯ АКТИВНОСТЬ МАЛОГО АГРАРНОГО БИЗНЕСА И ИНСТИТУТЫ РАЗВИТИЯ

Keywords: AGRICULTURE, INNOVATION, INVESTMENT AND INNOVATION INSTITUTIONS, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

Abstract: The article examines the problem of activating the innovative activity of small forms of agricultural entrepreneurship in conditions of high capital prices due to the policy pursued by the Russian financial mega-regulator of an inflated key rate in recent years. As a result of this policy, there is a slight slowdown in the rate of expansion of agricultural areas and an increase in the number of farm animals in all forms of management, and a decrease is recorded for many of them in 2022-2024. The study revealed a lag in the pace of implementation of innovative technologies by small agricultural businesses (agricultural organizations and peasant (farming) farms), especially in crop production, with a relatively significant share of these forms of management in the production of basic products. As a comparison of data with medium-sized and large agricultural organizations shows, the share of small businesses in introducing innovations, including technological ones, is two to three times lower, which is a consequence, in our opinion, of the more limited financial capabilities of this group of producers to finance investments in advanced technologies, including digital ones. In the context of increased investments in agricultural technologies by foreign countries, the lag of Russian producers of agricultural raw materials and agricultural products may negatively affect the food security of our country. To overcome the current situation, it is proposed to form a unified investment and innovation system for the development of both small agricultural businesses and the agro-industrial complex as a whole.

Authors: Kulov Aslan Rostislavovich