Abstract
The article has been written in order to disclose the development potential of agricultural cooperation in the Kyrgyz Republic in the conditions of its integration into the unified food market of Eurasian Economic Union member states. Cooperation is considered an efficient economic mechanism of integration of small agricultural producers into national and global food value chains. Upon examination of works revealing the potential of cooperation in the development of value chains, analysis of the agrarian structure and evaluation of the potential held by member states for cooperation, the authors of the article have proposed measures for comprehensive development of agricultural cooperation in the Kyrgyz Republic. The article is based on the materials by international organizations, the National Committee of Statistics of the Kyrgyz Republic, the Eurasian Economic Commission and results of research conducted by separate authors. The article’s materials can be used to generalize the international practice of studying the role of cooperation in the development of food value chains and to improve institutional conditions and government policy of supporting cooperation in the Kyrgyz Republic. They are also of interest for a broad group of researchers in the field of agricultural cooperation.
Highlights
Agrarian reforms executed in the Kyrgyz Republic at the beginning of the 21st century have resulted in the formation of a small-scale structure of agricultural production
Even though the share of agriculture in the Kyrgyz economy decreased from 18.5% in 2010 to 11.7% in 2018, in current prices agricultural production jumped by nearly 70% (The National Committee of Statistics of the Kyrgyz Republic, n.d.)
As a result of institutional reforms in the agrarian sector, the small-scale structure of production has been formed in the republic
Summary
Agrarian reforms executed in the Kyrgyz Republic at the beginning of the 21st century have resulted in the formation of a small-scale structure of agricultural production. Most products are made by small entities (farming enterprises and households). The established structure of production negatively influences industrial competitiveness, national food security and public nutrition, as well as the pace of the agrarian sector’s integration into the commodity system of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) that the country joined in 2015. The Kyrgyz Republic currently has a unique possibility of forming cooperative relations in agricultural production, processing, storage, transportation, distribution, procurement and services. An overwhelming majority of entities are not integrated into value chains that are focused on national and global sales markets
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