Сельский несельскохозяйственный малый и средний бизнес как часть локальной сельской экономики Тамбовской области

Abstract

As part of the study of the local rural economy, developed in 2022 by All-Russian Institute for Agrarian Issues and Informatics named after A.A. Nikonov, an analysis was made of the development of rural small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Tambov region based on SPARK-interfax database for 2018-2020. The most attractive non-agricultural businesses of rural SMEs have been identified, their contribution to the economic performance of all enterprises in the region has been determined. It is shown that the analyzed rural SMEs turned out to be more stable in terms of population dynamics and increased revenue faster in comparison with urban SMEs over the past three years. It is concluded that in terms of the main types of specialization activities of rural SMEs, they are competitive with urban enterprises in terms of profitability per ruble of revenue, capital productivity, and debt burden. Despite the attractiveness of trade, manufacturing, construction, and transportation for rural SMEs, agriculture remains one of the most significant for this category of farms in terms of revenue and profit.