Abstract
This paper explores the problem of developing agricultural consumer cooperation enterprises and increasing their competitiveness. According to the authors, the development of agricultural cooperation can give an impetus to increasing the potential of rural areas, will solve the food security problem of the Russian Federation, and stimulate the development of national agriculture. The study identifies the main problems that hinder the development of agricultural cooperation in Russia, including the low competitiveness of these enterprises, insufficient knowledge and poor motivation of the population to create a cooperative movement, the lack of effective state support for agricultural producers from the regional and federal authorities, as well as policies pursued by large retailers, which are mainly aimed at increasing imports of agricultural products. The authors propose a comprehensive approach to solve these problems by highlighting several key priority areas. At the same time, the priority task is to increase the competitiveness of consumer cooperation enterprises and their products. The paper analyses the activities of agricultural consumer cooperation enterprises in the Republic of Tatarstan and offers recommendations to improve the competitiveness of consumer societies, in particular, by creating a wholesale distribution and logistics link for cooperation, reducing costs, and optimizing the assortment.
Highlights
Food security is not just a word and a concept, and affects human life, animal, plant and environmental life
Further food production will result in the loss of basic resources, natural resources, and environmental pollution, and will incur irreparable costs for current and future generations, and the cycle of resource depletion and reduced food security will continue, and this cycle will continue
This paper explores the problem of developing agricultural consumer cooperation enterprises and increasing their competitiveness
Summary
Food security is not just a word and a concept, and affects human life, animal, plant and environmental life. Experts in economics believe that in order to achieve sustainable food security along with efficient policies, the agricultural sector of the economy must be productive and have a proper life and flow (Erokhin, 2017; Sharnin et al, 2019) This sector, considering the potential for job creation, the possibility of earning foreign exchange income through exports, saving foreign exchange expenditures by increasing domestic production, the strategic nature of some of its products, and achieving the goals of the anti-sanctions economy in Western-sanctioned countries. It is obvious that the development of agricultural cooperation can give an impetus to increasing the potential of rural areas, will solve the food security problem of the Russian Federation, and stimulate the development of national agriculture. This paper discusses some ways to increase the competitiveness of consumer societies using consumer cooperation in the Republic of Tatarstan as a related example. (Shipshova, 2017; Nosov et al, 2020; Gorshkova et al, 2020)
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