Abstract

The relevance of the topic is due to the need to study features of the rural economic development in the current social and economic environment. The aim of the article is to develop recommendations for improving the efficiency of rural business by analyzing the current situation and identifying features of development of agricultural businesses. The article describes results of an analysis of characteristics of the development of sectors of the rural economy over the past seven years. It has been established that the annual growth rates of the economy of the Republic of Tatarstan in general and the agricultural sector, in particular, are decreasing. In the next five years, they may amount to only 1–1.5 %; in 2014–2016, GRP of the agricultural sector amounted to 11–12 %, in 2017–2019 – 10 %. According to the existing trend, its share may decline to 8–9 %; 50 % of the production volume are produced by small businesses, which have a strong influence on volume indicators and are characterized by growth instability depending on demand and price fluctuations in the market. It is necessary to create conditions for the stable functioning of large agricultural producers, take measures to create a system of agricultural consumer cooperatives and diversify the rural economy in order to achieve stable development of rural territories.

Highlights

  • The rural economy is one of the drivers for the development of rural territories and regions of Russia, as it performs social functions, such as providing the population with food and supporting the employment of society

  • Statistical data from the official websites of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Russian Federation, Federal Ministries of the Russian Federation, Regional Ministries of the Republic of Tatarstan, annual reports of enterprises of the agro-industrial complex, materials contained in monographs, dissertations, reports of research institutes, in publications, materials of scientific conferences, expert assessments, data obtained during the author's analysis and calculations were used as an informational and factual source of research

  • The Republic of Tatarstan (RT) is among the three regions of the Russian Federation with the largest gross agricultural product; it provides the population with own food products

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Introduction

The rural economy is one of the drivers for the development of rural territories and regions of Russia, as it performs social functions, such as providing the population with food and supporting the employment of society. The problems of the rural economy and changes in its structure are of particular interest. It is one of the priority national projects. Among the various forms of farming, peasant (farmer) farms play an important role. They are small businesses, personal farms, agricultural cooperatives. Studies aimed at analyzing the current state of activities of agricultural businesses, identifying conditions for their functioning, reserves for the development of alternative forms are relevant

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