Abstract
The article aims to describe structural changes in the agrarian sector of Irkutsk region caused by the government support for small businesses, simplified procedures for farm registering, accounting for property and production results, and taxation, which contributed to the development of peasant farming. The government support is required, but it can change the structure of areas and gross grain crops since peasant farms increase quantitative indicators rather than improve quality parameters (yield, productivity). This is especially true for the animal husbandry sector. With changes in government policies and decreasing government support, it will be difficult for individual farms to exist, since they lag behind collective farms in terms of maneuverability, financial capabilities, production and credit resources, which can cause new structural changes in a benefit for agricultural holdings. The government policy aimed at preserving the traditional way of life of the rural population should stimulate both the development of rural areas and agricultural production, and prevent the disintegration of collective farms that have competitive advantages
Highlights
Peasant farms have a special economic and social significance associated with the production of agricultural products and preservation of the traditional way of rural life, ecological well-being [1, 2], and cultural heritage, which forces the government to search for new mechanisms to support them
Small farms have a small scale of production, limited maneuverability and limited access to financial and production resources; the quality of their material and technical base is low, and they have limited financial opportunities for its renewal [3]; the system of consolidation of economic interests within the consumer and industrial cooperation is underdeveloped
There was a change in the sown areas cultivated in agricultural organizations - they decreased by 23%; in individual farms, they decreased by 41%, in peasant farms they increased 1.94 times or by 174 thousand hectares
Summary
Peasant farms have a special economic and social significance associated with the production of agricultural products and preservation of the traditional way of rural life, ecological well-being [1, 2], and cultural heritage, which forces the government to search for new mechanisms to support them.
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