The role of cooperation in the production of meat and dairy products in private households and farms

Issue № 6, 2020, article № 12, pages 93-101

Section: Integration and cooperation in agribusiness

Language: Russian

Original language title: РОЛЬ КООПЕРАЦИИ В ПРОИЗВОДСТВЕ МЯСОМОЛОЧНОЙ ПРОДУКЦИИ В ЛИЧНЫХ ПОДСОБНЫХ И ФЕРМЕРСКИХ ХОЗЯЙСТВАХ

Keywords: PERSONAL SUBSIDIARY PLOTS, PEASANT FARMS, MINI FARMS OF DAIRY AND MEAT PRODUCTION, COOPERATIVES, COOPERATIVE FUNCTIONS, TRANSFORMATION ("GROWING») PRIVATE FARM

Abstract: The relevance of the study of the processes of transformation of personal subsidiary farms into commodity production that provides their owner with employment and income is due to the negative trends that are growing in rural areas of the Russian. Purpose of work. Analysis of the impact of the transformation of small private farms into mini farms and then into farms and the construction of cooperative systems on the income of family farms on the example of the dairy and meat industry. Materials and methods of research. Materials obtained during working trips and study by V. F. Bashmachnikov of more than 100 farms of various sizes and organizational forms in the Republic of Tatarstan and the Ulyanovsk region in 2018-2019, data on the number of livestock, production, costs and income in farms, data on the implementation of state support programs in the studied regions, data from the state statistics Committee, and Internet resources were used. Applied analysis and synthesis, statistical and economic research methods, comparisons, etc. In the course of the study, evidence was obtained that the meat and dairy business for personal subsidiary farms and farms in modern conditions can be break-even; the profitability of the family peasant business can significantly increase during its gradual development; the functions of cooperatives that provide sales or other needs depend on the level of development of farms.

Authors: Bashmachnikov Vladimir Fedorovich, Frolova Elena IUrevna