INSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF FORMATION AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES AND THEIR ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT OF AGRARIAN ECONOMY

Abstract

Topicality. Development of agricultural cooperatives is an important area of structural adjustment of agrarian sector. Relevance the research of vectors of influence an institutional environment for a cooperative movement, caused by the need to improve the process of institutionalization of agrarian cooperation for its accelerated development in realities of Ukraine taking into account world experience. Aim and tasks. The aim of the article is the justification institutional foundations for the formation of agricultural cooperatives and their role and functions in system of agrarian economics period of structural transformations. In the research, the following methods are used: dialectics, structural and dynamic analysis, horizontal and vertical comparative analysis, index method. Research results. In the article authors components of institutional environment of agrarian cooperation are determined. Based on an institutional approach substantiated the basic features and essence agricultural cooperatives in market conditions. In the course of the study, it was established both the productive and service agricultural cooperatives have a single meaningful essence, a common goal, which is to meet the needs of members at the least cost resources, which is confirmed by Declaration on Cooperative Identity. This goal is achieved through entrepreneurial activity, in this case, profit plays a role a means of implementing a cooperative goal. In the article focuses attention the need for development of informal institutions agrarian cooperation in Ukraine, which ensure the interaction of legal institutions. Were conduced estimation of dynamics and structures of agrarian enterprises for organizational and legal forms of management. Conclusions. The dynamics of indicators of profitability, wage and labor productivity agricultural enterprises in nominal and real dimensions are analyzed. According to the results of analysis the main social problems in agriculture in Ukraine are identified, namely: decrease in number of employees, a significant wage gap from the state indicator, reduction of labor productivity in real measure, a decrease in the net profit of agrarians in 2016, etc. Proved that in market system agricultural cooperatives perform a social function by means of creating new jobs, reducing unemployment, growth in real labor productivity on the basis of the introduction of new technologies, development of rural infrastructure and so on. In practice, the social function of cooperatives is realized through solving social problems.