Development Of Agricultural Cooperatives Research Articles

К ВОПРОСУ О СУЩНОСТИ И ОСОБЕННОСТЯХ КООПЕРАТИВНОГО ПРЕДПРИНИМАТЕЛЬСТВА В АГРАРНОЙ СФЕРЕ

In the conditions of insufficient use of the possibilities of cooperation in improving the efficiency of agricultural production, improving the food provision to the population through the development of cooperative entrepreneurship, research work was carried out to substantiate the essence of cooperative entrepreneurship, its features in the agricultural sector, develop recommendations for ensuring the development and effective functioning of cooperative forms of management on an entrepreneurial basis. The studies were carried out using monographic, abstract-logical, computational-constructive, economic-statistical methods. The information base for the study was official regulations, materials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan, official data from Rosstat and Tatarstanstat for 2015-2020, the results of the authors’ own observations and sociological surveys conducted in certain municipal districts of the Republic of Tatarstan. As the main results of the study, the substantiation of the essence and features of cooperative entrepreneurship in the agrarian sector is presented, the presence of a significant reserve for the development of agricultural cooperation through the involvement of non-cooperative peasant (farmer) households and households in cooperatives is revealed. Revealed: insufficient preparedness of managers and specialists of agricultural cooperatives in the organization of effective entrepreneurial activity; lack of financial resources for a significant part of the newly registered cooperatives to carry out full-fledged entrepreneurial activities; shortcomings in the current legislation on agricultural cooperation. It is proposed to deepen scientific research, improve the training and advanced training of cooperative personnel in the field of organizing effective business activities, intra-cooperative relations in compliance with cooperative principles; allocation of additional financial resources to support newly registered cooperatives; improvement of the current legislation in the field of agricultural cooperation, the introduction of statistical reporting on the results of the work of cooperatives

PROSPECTS FOR MODERNIZATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL ADVISORY SYSTEM AS A TOOL FOR ENSURING DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION IN UKRAINE

The article is devoted to the study of problems and development prospects of the agricul­tural advisory system in Ukraine. The relevance of the chosen topic is determined by the fact that today in Ukraine agricultural advisory as a consulting system has not been properly devel­oped and remains out of the state’s attention, needs modernization and increasing the efficiency in order to further ensure the development of agricultural cooperation in Ukraine. Despite the provisions of the State Target Program for the Development of the Agricul­tural Sector for the Period until 2022 and the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the European Union, the number of agricultural advisory services in Ukraine remains small, majority of the agricultural advisory services are located in administrative centers, while ag­ricultural producers are located in rural areas, the level of financial support from the state and local authorities is too small for successful development. This article highlights proposals for modernizing the agricultural advisory system. The in­troduction of a hierarchical three-level system of the agricultural advisory services is proposed. The article stressed the need to review the principle of financing the advisory activities and to introduce web-platforms of the digital advisory in Ukraine, which will help to reduce the barriers to access of agricultural producers to information and consulting service of advisory services.

МОДЕРНИЗАЦИЯ СИСТЕМЫ СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННОЙ КООПЕРАЦИИ НА ОСНОВЕ ПРИМЕНЕНИЯ ЛИЗИНГА

Subject. Increasing the competitiveness of the agricultural cooperation system through the modernization of the material base based on the use of leasing relations.
 Purpose. To conduct a comprehensive multifactorial analysis of various aspects to create competitive advantages of agricultural enterprises based on the modernization of the technical base and the use of leasing transactions. The study of the factors of creating competitive advantages of agricultural cooperatives by determining the main priority areas of development. Possible ways to increase the competitiveness of consumer societies.
 Methodology. The presented article is based on the generalization of statistical and empirical data, analysis of materials provided by the Tatpotrebsoyuz of the Republic of Tatarstan and individual cooperative organizations. The authors critically processed the results of their own research, as well as the scientific research of authors dealing with the problems of the cooperative movement, including A.R. Nabieva[1], E. G. Zhulina and I. V. Kuznetsova [5]. A.I.Klimenko[6]. The peculiarities of the use of leasing instruments are reflected in the works of M.I. Zakharova [10], E.A.Fomina [11].
 Results. The main results of the study are the identification of factors affecting the insufficient competitiveness of agricultural cooperation enterprises, as well as measures recommended for the technical modernization of the consumer cooperation system. In particular, by using the instruments of leasing operations.
 Scope of application. The results of the study can be used by enterprises, agricultural cooperatives, municipal authorities, leasing market participants, as well as research and educational organizations in the analysis of the directions of development of agricultural cooperation
 Conclusions and Relevance. In the proposed article, the issues of the development of the system of agricultural consumer cooperation were investigated through the prism of increasing competitiveness due to the technical re-equipment of enterprises. The authors conducted monitoring of the economic activity of the cooperative, analyzed the factors affecting the competitiveness of enterprises, and proposed recommendations for its improvement.

Региональный опыт поддержки развития сельскохозяйственной потребительской кооперации

The development of agricultural consumer cooperation in Russia is one of the main tasks of national food security. The research objective was to analyze the current state of agricultural consumer cooperation in the Lipetsk region, Altai Territory, and the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as their development prospects
 The research featured agricultural consumer cooperatives and their market environment. It was based on empirical methods, analysis, synthesis, modeling, and abstraction.
 The paper introduces various patterns of formation and development of agricultural cooperation at the regional level. In the Lipetsk region, the number of agricultural consumer cooperatives was found to increase every year. The regional three-level system for managing the development of “region – district – settlement” cooperation proved to be very effective, as did the local cooperation development institutions. The Altai territory appeared to have implemented a pilot model of agricultural consumer cooperation. This model allows cattle farmers who received financial support from the Agrostartup to sell their products to a cooperative. In the Republic of Tatarstan, agricultural consumer cooperation is based on models that are specific for each area.
 The Lipetsk region appeared to be on the cutting edge of cooperation development. The three-level management they use coordinates the efforts of local authorities and regional governments in the chain “settlement – district – region”. This integrated approach provides an effective regional system of agricultural consumer cooperation in the Russian Federation.

A Study on the Status and Policy Direction of Agricultural Development Cooperation between Korea and Myanmar

A Study on the Status and Policy Direction of Agricultural Development Cooperation between Korea and Myanmar

Agricultural Service Cooperatives in Ukraine: Institutional Development Drivers

The development of agricultural cooperation in Ukraine is one of the main vectors for rapid recovery of agricultural production after the Russian-Ukrainian war, increasing its competitiveness, ensuring sustainable development of rural areas, increasing employment and welfare of rural population. However, agricultural service cooperatives are not developed in Ukraine. The purpose of this study was to find the main drivers of agricultural service cooperatives’ development in Ukraine, to outline on this basis promising directions for development of agricultural policy in terms of stimulating their development as a counterweight to the dominance of agricultural holdings. It is proven that the main restraining factor in the development of agricultural service cooperatives in Ukraine is institutional memory of a peasant, which was formed during collectivization in Soviet times and which in modern conditions is associated with the concept of “cooperative”. This creates opposition from agricultural producers towards the national policy on the development of agricultural cooperatives, which meet international cooperative principles, and which have proven their advantages in increasing competitiveness of farmers on the example of developed countries of the world. It is emphasized that before changing formal institutions through legislation, it is necessary to form proper informal institutions that will strengthen, and not oppose, the introduction of formal ones. This paper is of practical importance for scientists and representatives of public administration in the field of forming strategic state and regional programs for agricultural development. Compliance of national policy measures according to the identified drivers of agricultural service cooperation’ development, requires further research.

State management for agricultural cooperatives in Phu Tho province

Development of agricultural cooperatives is one of the main tasks for successful implementation of the master plan on agricultural restructuring and new rural construction in Phu Tho province. In the past years, the People’s committee of Phu Tho province has been very active in the state management of agricultural cooperatives, thereby developing significantly agricultural cooperatives. Some models of agricultural cooperatives were initially successful associated with value chain development, high-technology application and development of OCOP “one commune, one product” program. However, there are still some shortcomings in state management activities for agricultural cooperatives such as: irregular inspection and supervision of agricultural cooperatives; production land and landing allocation for agricultural cooperatives in the long-term use has been still limited; difficulties in the support of seeds, fertilizers, product processing technology for cooperatives’ members, especially linking agricultural products along the value chain is an obstacle when majority producers are small scale. In addition, the mobilization and persuasion of people to join agricultural cooperatives is still not good. The study proposes 6 groups of solutions to improve the efficiency of state management activities for agricultural cooperatives in Phu Tho province in the future.

РОЛЬ СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННОЙ КООПЕРАЦИИ В РАЗВИТИИ РЕГИОНА

In Russia, agricultural cooperation is one of the successful forms of agricultural production. Democratic principles serve as the basic basis for the interaction of the cooperative movement system. The Federal Law “On Agricultural Cooperation” coordinates the activities of credit consumer and production agricultural cooperatives. Many subjects of the Russian Federation have adopted programs for the development of agricultural cooperation. Over the decade, the list of state measures to support cooperatives has increased significantly. The introduction of agricultural cooperation into the national project “Small and medium-sized entrepreneurship and the development of individual entrepreneurial initiative” became natural. But, despite all the actions aimed at the development of agricultural cooperation, it is still in its infancy and needs fundamental changes in the current system. The article examines the role of agricultural cooperation in Russia at different stages of society development. The problems and advantages of the development of such cooperation, its impact on the development of the region are revealed.

Socially directed model of development of agricultural cooperatives

Socially directed model of development of agricultural cooperatives

Теоретико-методологічні засади розвитку сільськогосподарської кооперації в розбудові аграрного устрою України

The purpose of the article is to generalize, systematize and deepen the theoretical and methodological principles of the elaboration of agricultural cooperation in the development of the agrarian system of Ukraine. The role and place of cooperation in the system of social organization of labor is researched. It is displayed that cooperation is an objective prerequisite for integration, and the division of labor itself causes its necessity. In institutional theory, the choice between free market transactions and full vertical coordination for economic agents is caused by market conditions, allocative efficiency of resource allocation and their minimum cost. The dynamics and state of development of agricultural cooperation in Ukraine are analyzed. An approximate three-level scheme of the national agricultural cooperative system is developed. At the first level of the hierarchy, agricultural cooperatives and cooperative associations should be located, at the second – regional unions (associations) of agricultural cooperatives, at the third – the All-Ukrainian Association of Agricultural Cooperatives. Under such a cooperative system, the principles of centralized and decentralized management are optimally combined, the self-government of cooperatives and compliance with the principles of cooperation are ensured. Based on the three-level scheme of the national agricultural cooperative system, the conceptual principles for the development of cooperative relations in agriculture at the regional level are substantiated. At this, management functions are retained by the cooperative association, which includes agricultural enterprises, farms and households belonging to the country’s residents, consulting services and support are provided by the regional advisory service, and the distribution of funds is carried out by a credit union founded by members of this cooperative association. A model of elaborating the cooperative relations in the agricultural sector of the economy with the participation of households and small commodity producers is proposed, which provides for the creation of a consumer agricultural cooperative. In case of deepening the integration of a consumer cooperative with another production, processing or sales enterprise of the agricultural sector of the economy, the cooperative model is transformed into a cooperative-integrated one, while maintaining the advantages of cooperation and receiving additional organizational and economic benefits from integration.

Prospects for the development of agricultural cooperation (on the example of rural environmental enterprises)

Based on the analysis of the activities of the ancestral estates of Russia over the past ten years, and in particular of rural enterprises of ecological orientation of the Belgorod region over the past three years, we propose to implement in the practice of managing the collective of an agricultural cooperative of farms of ecological orientation the principles of the leading theoretician in the field of agricultural economics and management - A. V. Chayanov. The principles of organization and management developed by A.V. Chayanov, organically inherent in peasant farms that do not use hired labor and are based solely on family labor, correspond to the characteristic features of modern eco-farms in Russia and other countries and can be fully applied to their economic system. In the course of the study, in several stages, during 2018-2020, we conducted surveys of experts, in the capacity of which were the settlers of the ancestral estates of the Belgorod region. The objectives of the expert method were: to determine the degree of influence of the implementation of Chayanov’s principles on the main indicators of the economic dynamics of family estates, to establish the leading principles that have a cardinal impact on economic trends.

Current trends in milk production and consumption in the world in the conditions of globalization

On the basis of the results of the conducted research, propose practical recommendations for the formation of cooperative associations of agricultural commodity producers of all forms of management. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study is the dialectical approach of cognition to economic phenomena and processes, according to which all objects are considered in the constant development, change and improvement of production relations. On the basis of a systemic analysis, cooperation is considered as a set of mutually coordinated and synchronously acting economic, organizational and social components that ensure the achievement of a synergistic effect. It has been proven that cooperation is carried out in three directions: intra-economic cooperation; cooperation of subjects of entrepreneurial activity in the field of agribusiness and personal peasant farms (PSH); inter-farm cooperation at the district and regional levels. Domestic and foreign experience shows that in large agricultural areas, it is advisable to build processing enterprises of appropriate capacity and create agro-industrial cooperative formations or associations in which capital can be transferred from processing enterprises to producers of agricultural raw materials. The system proposed by us is designed to ensure a fairly close connection between the level of material interest, increasing the responsibility of employees and the amount of gross income of the cooperative, and therefore, to contribute to the growth of production volumes and improvement of product quality. Thus, cooperation allows to increase production, successfully compete with the monopoly of processing and trading enterprises, combining the efforts of large and small agricultural production. It can also play an important role in achieving a worthy place for Ukraine in the global agrarian economy with its inherent competition, the struggle for the trust of business entities. It has been proven that the area of distribution of cooperative structures under market conditions can be expanded both horizontally and vertically. It aims to expand cooperation in the field of production, procurement, processing and sales of products, material and technical supply and service, lending and insurance. At the same time, the strategic goal of each of them should be the formation of the most expedient model. The results of this study can be used in further scientific developments to substantiate the prospects for the development of agricultural cooperation and in the practical activities of cooperatives.

Research on the Governance of Non-standard Problems of Heterogeneous Agricultural Cooperatives in the Context of Digital China-Based on the Reality Observation from 355 Cooperatives in a County of Ganzi Prefecture, China

Accelerating the construction of digital China is an inevitable trend of The Times, and it is also an appropriate move to comprehensively promote rural revitalization. Over the years, the positive effect of the growth of China's agricultural cooperatives on the development of rural economy is undoubted, but many problems have been exposed in practice, such as the non-standard problems of shell cooperatives. This paper In the digital China context takes 355 cooperatives in a county of Ganzi as an example to study the types and reasons of nonstandard phenomena in the development of heterogeneous cooperatives, and then puts forward using digital technology to strengthen the principal-agent relationship of cooperative governance mechanism; propagandizing the new cooperative law, enhancing the sense of legal system of members and other governance suggestions to promote the healthy and high-quality development of agricultural cooperatives.

An Analysis on the Factors Affecting Food Consumption Diversity Trends

While the significance of food consumption diversity has been widely recognized with increased demands, numerous studies on food consumption diversity have been conducted. However, there is still a lack of research to identify the changes and detailed factors of food consumption diversity. The purpose of this study is to analyze the international level of food consumption diversity index as an attempt to examine in-depth changes and identify the patterns and determinants. This study utilized the Entropy index decomposition analysis and panel regression model using the food balance sheet from Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Bank s international statistics. The results show that the diversity among the food groups (inter-food diversity index) and the diversity within the food groups (intra-food diversity index) both gradually increased worldwide, and their changes were correlated with income level, regional differences, and staple food. In addition, this study confirmed previously identified determinants of the food consumption diversity: income level, education level, women’s participation in economic activities, and urbanization rate. In particular, this study also confirmed the effect of the type of staple food and the degree of trade activation as the main determinants. This study provides more objective and in-depth results through analysis of the international level of food consumption diversity by detailed factors and the country group. This study is meaningful in that it provided the necessary implications not only for domestic food policy but also for agricultural development cooperation projects with developing countries that need to improve general nutrition and qualitative food security.

A Study on Enhancement of Sustainability for International Agricultural Development Cooperation between Korea and Myanmar

A Study on Enhancement of Sustainability for International Agricultural Development Cooperation between Korea and Myanmar

Stimulating the development of agricultural cooperation in the municipalities of the Krasnodar region

Stimulating the development of agricultural cooperation in the municipalities of the Krasnodar region

New Direction of Monitoring Outcomes of International Agricultural Development Cooperation

New Direction of Monitoring Outcomes of International Agricultural Development Cooperation

Factors hindering the development of agricultural cooperatives in Georgia

Introduction. The lack of an appropriate methodological basis for creating agricultural cooperative system prevents the process of organizing formation of new agricultural cooperatives, which leads to an objective need to develop the organizational and economic basis for the formation and operation of agricultural cooperatives. In this regard, the research and study of theoretical aspects, analysis of objective conditions for the formation and operation of agricultural cooperatives, development of methodological provisions and practical recommendations to substantiate their organizational and economic mechanism, including matters of management, profit, price, credit, formation and distribution are topical to the issue and most of the components listed above are of great practical importance.
 Aim and tasks. The aim of the research is to develop scientific, organizational and economic basis for the establishment and operation of agricultural cooperatives in a multistructural economy. The objectives of the research are: identifying the essence of the cooperative, adding several principles to the formation and classification of agricultural cooperatives, determining the conditions and factors necessary for their creation.
 Results. Theoretical and regulatory aspects of formation and development of agricultural cooperatives were specified taking into account the introduction of new principles for their operation: mandatory creation of indivisible funds for innovative activities, agricultural producers’ interest and expediency for their participation in the associations; and classification of cooperatives in the production and service industries.
 Conclusions. Based on consideration of the integrated approach to the formation of cooperatives and farmers’ organizations, necessary documentation and calculation of economic efficiency, the methodological provisions developed in the process of the research on the establishment and operation of agricultural cooperatives will allow agricultural producers to approach the formation of necessary cooperatives skillfully, easily determine the absolute and specific tax burden of agricultural cooperatives.

Does agricultural cooperative membership help reduce the overuse of chemical fertilizers and pesticides? Evidence from rural China.

The overuse of chemical fertilizers and pesticides (CFPs) has negatively impacted the environment and human health. It is an urgent issue that should be addressed. In this study, we investigate whether agricultural cooperatives can serve as an institutional arrangement that helps reduce the consumption of CFPs, using the data of 2012 family farms from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of China. Various approaches, including instrumental variable-based two-stage residual inclusion approach (2SRI), endogenous switching probit (ESP) model, and endogenous switching regression (ESR) model, are utilized to help address the endogeneity issues of the cooperative membership variable. The results show that agricultural cooperative membership significantly increases the probability of reducing fertilizers and pesticides of the family farms and improves net return per yuan CFPs. The further analysis shows that agricultural cooperative production services reduced the usage of fertilizers and pesticides, while cooperatives marketing services only significantly lowered the use of pesticides. Our findings highlight the importance of promoting the development of agricultural cooperatives to support green agricultural production in China.

Теоретико-методологічні засади розвитку сільськогосподарської кооперації в Україні

The purpose of the article is to reveal the essence of the processes related to institutional changes in the legal regulation of the agricultural cooperation development. Research methods. Built on the doctrine of the fundamental principles of cooperation. The dialectical method of scientific knowledge, systemic generalization, abstract synthesis was used in accordance with the changes in the legislative framework when defining the essence and methodological assessment of relations in agriculture. Research results. A substantiated analysis of changes in the legal framework for the development of agricultural cooperation in 2020 is carried out. The need to harmonize the fundamental principles of cooperation and the practice of forming agricultural cooperatives in rural areas is proved, taking into account the development priorities of various cooperative structures. Scientific novelty. The essence of the operation of the legal framework for the formation and functioning of agricultural cooperatives in the context of the transformation of the development of the agrarian sector of the economy is revealed, legal collisions of the formation of pseudo-cooperatives are substantiated. Practical significance. The disadvantages of the new legislative framework for the development of agricultural cooperation in Ukraine are indicated, which can be used in the formation of the programmatic basis for the creation of agricultural cooperatives. Refs.: 15.