State support to agricultural SMEs in the USA

Issue № 10, 2021, article № 6, pages 52-58

Section: International relations and world agricultural experience

Language: Russian

Original language title: ГОСУДАРСТВЕННАЯ ПОДДЕРЖКА МАЛОГО И СРЕДНЕГО ПРЕДПРИНИМАТЕЛЬСТВА В АГРАРНОМ СЕКТОРЕ США

Keywords: SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES (SMES), FAMILY FARMS, STATE SUPPORT, LOAN PROGRAMS, ORGANIC CERTIFICATION, CROP INSURANCE, GRANT SUPPORT, DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL COOPERATION, PANDEMIC ASSISTANCE FOR PRODUCERS

Abstract: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the agricultural sector are an essential component of US economic development: it contributes to the formation of jobs, the rapid adaptation of production to market needs, the development of rural areas, and, thereby, provides the dynamism of the national economy. The article discusses the priority directions of state policy for the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in the US agricultural sector, analyzes the main elements of the organizational and economic mechanism of state support to agricultural SMEs, considers the basic criteria for classifying organizations as SMEs. The methodological basis of the study was a systematic approach based on the use of general scientific methods.

Authors: Osinina Aleksandra IUrevna