Contracting as a way to increase the social role of large formations of the agricultural industry and sustainable development of the industry

Issue № 12, vol. 1, 2021, article № 4, pages 31-37

Section: Integration and cooperation in agribusiness

Language: Russian

Original language title: КОНТРАКТАЦИЯ КАК СПОСОБ ПОВЫШЕНИЯ СОЦИАЛЬНОЙ РОЛИ КРУПНЫХ ФОРМИРОВАНИЙ АПК И УСТОЙЧИВОГО РАЗВИТИЯ ОТРАСЛИ

Keywords: AGRICULTURE, CONTRACTING IN AGRICULTURE, SMALL FORMS OF FARMING, MONOPOLIZATION OF PROPERTY, AGRICULTURAL HOLDING, SOCIAL ORIENTATION OF AGRICULTURAL POLICY

Abstract: The article notes that at the beginning of the 2000s, the course towards monopolization of property and concentration of production in agriculture began to prevail in the agrarian policy of Russia. The need for this was explained by the need to accelerate the saturation of the Russian market with domestically produced food. As a result, large agricultural holdings have emerged that receive most of the budgetary support allocated to the industry. The share of K (F) X and other small farms in the production of a number of agricultural products began to decline rapidly. This happened not only because of the lower competitiveness of small producers, to which the state does not pay enough attention, but also because of the opposition of agricultural holdings supported by lobbyists in the government. Thus, one of the main achievements of the agrarian reform and an integral part of the market economy - the diversity in agriculture - was threatened. As the positions of agricultural holdings are strengthened and their lobbying opportunities are expanded, other negative processes in agriculture are intensifying: the social orientation of economic relations in the agro-industrial complex is decreasing; sanitary and epidemiological, environmental and other risks in the industry are growing; the outflow of the rural population to the cities continues, including the qualified personnel of the agricultural sector. The experience of developed countries shows that one of the most effective ways to solve these problems is the development of a contracting system in agriculture. Its importance for small and medium-sized businesses, as well as increasing the stability of the industry, is no less important than consumer cooperation. Currently, in Russia there are only isolated examples of cooperation between large formations of the agro-industrial complex with small and other agricultural producers on the basis of contracting agreements. In this regard, as well as due to the socio-economic and environmental feasibility of contracting in agriculture, a system of measures aimed at its wider distribution in the industry has been proposed.

Authors: Adukov Rukhman KHasainovich, Adukova Alevtina Nikolaevna