Development Of Rural Territories Research Articles

СОЦИАЛЬНЫЕ ДЕТЕРМИНАНТЫ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ РЕПРОДУКТИВНЫХ ОРИЕНТАЦИЙ СОВРЕМЕННОЙ МОЛОДЕЖИ (НА ПРИМЕРЕ САРАТОВСКОЙ ОБЛАСТИ)

Article is devoted to the analysis of differences in formation of reproductive and family and marriage installations of modern youth depending on a floor and the birthplace (the city or rural areas). Results of the applied pilot sociological research conducted by Institute of agrarian problems of RAS with participation of students of Saratov State Agrarian University in the name of N. I. Vavilov (N = 216) are information base of a research. The received results demonstrate that young women continue to transform the installations concerning family, marriage, children and the role in family in comparison with young men. It is revealed that girls plan to have less children, than young men, actively defend the ideas of gender equality and the priority right in the solution of the questions concerning children. The research confirms that the maximum distinctions are observed between reproductive installations of natives of rural areas and city dwellers. It is shown that the village maintains traditional ideas of family and marriage, their importance for wellbeing and happiness of children, about cast of men and women to family so far. It is revealed that young villagers respond on the majority of proposed measures of increase in birth rate more actively and consider them effective. The conclusion is drawn on need of the differentiated approach during the developing and realization of the effective instruments of increase in birth rate in the country considering variety of matrimonial and reproductive preferences of various social and demographic groups of modern youth. For complex development of rural territories the revealed potential of growth of birth rate in the village in the presence of favorable conditions for life in rural areas is of particular importance.

ВОПРОСЫ КЛАСТЕРНОЙ ТЕОРИИ АГРОПРОМЫШЛЕННОЙ ИНТЕГРАЦИИ В УПРАВЛЕНИИ УСТОЙЧИВЫМ РАЗВИТИЕМ АПК И СЕЛЬСКИХ ТЕРРИТОРИЙ

The purpose of the study is to analyze and adapt the theoretical and methodological problems of the cluster theory of agro-industrial integration and multifunctionality to the situation in the agro-industrial complex and rural territories of Russia as conditions for their competitive and sustainable development. The objectives of the study include the analysis, refinement and development of a system of categories that ensure the implementation of the goal and objectives of the study, the identification and scientific justification of the main areas of clustering in the rural territories of the Russian Federation. The ideas of foreign and domestic researchers of the role of clusters in the socio-economic development of territories, the need to apply the concept of multifunctionality of the economy in cluster management, reproducing not only goods, but also public goods, are summarized and adapted to the goal of research; the role of human capital in the formation of competitive and sustainable clusters, which have become widespread and enshrined in the international scientific community. Based on the generalization of the theoretical and practical provisions of cluster theory and the concept of multifunctionality of agriculture, a methodology is scientifically justified that allows developing the directions of cluster theory and the theory of multifunctionality in applying to solving the problem of effective clustering management and forming clusters that ensure the sustainable and competitive development of rural territories of Russia in the face of global challenges and threats. The application of a systematic approach made it possible to scientifically justify the priority areas of state policy for the formation of sustainable and competitive rural development based on the application of cluster theory and the concept of multifunctionality. As part of the study, a critical terminological and expert analysis was carried out on the material of current policy documents, regulatory acts of the Russian Federation, publications of foreign and domestic authors. The author’s interpretation of the category «cluster,» «clustering» is justified. Essence and socio-economic content of agro-industrial clusters are considered. The main trends and factors of clustering development in agro-industrial production are identified. The directions of clustering in the rural territories of the Russian Federation have been identified and scientifically justified. The need for a more active development of the concept of multifunctionality of the socio-natural-economic space (SPEP) of the agro-industrial complex (AIC) and rural territories (ST) together with the problems of the development of agro-industrial integration of rural territories has been proved. The main result of the study was to confirm the author’s hypothesis and gain new knowledge that in order to implement an effective state policy to increase the sustainable and competitive development of agribusiness and rural areas in the face of global challenges and threats, it is necessary to develop and apply a cluster theory of agro-industrial integration and multifunctionality with the definition of the main directions of clustering. The conclusion is justified that the competitive and sustainable development of agribusiness and rural areas can be effectively shaped and supported through the application of strategic management. The practical result of the study, which can be applied in management activities, was the proposed methodological approaches to the implementation of strategic management of the sustainable development of agribusiness and rural areas, the model of managing reserves for the sustainable and competitive development of agribusiness and rural areas.

Problem-oriented Management of United Territorial Communities’ Development Based on Decentralization under the Pandemic Influence

The article is devoted to the problem-oriented management of spatial development of united territorial communities (UTC) under the conditions of decentralization under the influence of economic consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic. The article aims to justify the problem-oriented approach in the management of UTC based on the development of a cognitive map of the problems of their development and modelling the problem-oriented management of community resources on the example of human resources. The problem-oriented approach to resource management focuses on solving a problem as a specific theoretical or practical problem, which in turn adaptability, flexibility, the ability to make timely management decisions using available resources. The cognitive map of the four groups of problems of UTC development was developed: problems of the spatial development of UTC and administrative-territorial structure; problems of socio-economic development based on self-sufficiency; problems of local self-government system; problems of rural territories development. The example of human resources scenarios of problem-oriented management of community resources at the macro-, meso-; micro-levels were offered. The hypothesis that the effect of measures “from below” will spread more rapidly than “from above” has been proved.

RECREATION AND TOURIST RESOURCES AS AN ADDITIONAL SOURCE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS OF THE WESTERN REGION OF UKRAINE

The article reviews the functional structure of agricultural lands of the Western region. The agricultural lands are comprehensively analyzed by the following types: agricultural lands, including arable land, hayfields, pastures and fruit and berry plantations. More 42,7 million hectares of agricultural land are concentrated in rural areas, which is 68,8% of the total area of Ukraine. Rural areas ofUkraineare characterized by a high concentration of land resources. Among the regions of the Western region ofUkraine, the provision of land resources is the highest in Lviv, Volyn and Ternopil regions. Ivano-Frankivsk, Chernivtsi and Zakarpattia regions are marked by the poorest land resources inUkrainein general. The share of areas of territories and objects of separate categories in the nature reserve fund of the Western region is analyzed. The objects of the nature reserve fund of national importance include reserves, natural monuments, botanical gardens, zoological parks, deontological parks and parks-monuments of landscape art. The peculiarities and priorities of development of recreational and tourist resources as an additional source for development, use and development of rural territories are revealed. The main share of recreational lands in the region falls on nature conservation lands – 9,26 % of the area of the Western region. Ivano-Frankivsk (17,6 %) and Zakarpattia (11,4 %) regions are the leaders in terms of the share of recreational lands in the total area. By area, the largest share of nature reserves is accounted for by national nature reserves (11,19 %) and reserves (9,45 %) and regional landscape parks (6,91 %). The analysis of collective accommodation establishments of the region in 2000-2020 by types showed that hotels make up the predominant share (on average 66 % and 34 % are specialized accommodation establishments). It is proved that among domestic tourists today the favorite places are the countryside. It is analyzed that the TOP 3 regions of the Western region for the greatest achievements of income through the tourist tax, which came to local budgets in 2020 were: Lviv region; Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia regions. These suggestions facilitate the search for ways to revitalizes its development. Key words: assessment, rural area, agricultural land, recreational and tourism resources, rural estates, region.

ПІДПРИЄМНИЦТВО ЯК ОСОБЛИВИЙ ВИД ДІЯЛЬНОСТІ АГРАРНОЇ СФЕРИ

Today, in Ukraine and, of course, all over the world, the agricultural sector is an important component of the economy. As an agrarian country with huge natural resources, the agricultural sector in Ukraine is a potential branch of entrepreneurship that needs to be developed. Systematic review of the scientific sources of existing researches in the field of agriculture taking into account the current challenges concerning researches contextualizing on the nature of entrepreneurship and focusing on its role in the agricultural sector is important. The purpose of this article is to substantiate theoretically the essence, organizational-and-legal forms and other basic aspects of the functioning of business structures in the agricultural sector. It was found that entrepreneurial activity in Ukraine takes place in the context of reform and in constant conditions of complication of agricultural production, domestic economic environment and against the background of increasing globalization of the world economy. Intensive development of economic processes in the agricultural sector determined the objective need to adapt entrepreneurial activity to new business conditions due to the limited resource potential of each business entity. It was found that agriculture is a main factor in resource conservation, self-sufficiency, development of rural territories, social and cultural guarantees. However, there are problems that limit its development, such as employment mismatch, lack of effective entrepreneurial orientation and productive investment in the agricultural sector, inefficient credit policy, technological backwardness and underdeveloped infrastructure, imperfect support system, vulnerability of a significant part of the main beneficiaries in agriculture, inability of business structures in the agricultural sector to constructive competition in regional and international markets because of the lack of proper legal framework, etc. It was offered to consider the business structure as an organization that has specific features that allow forming alternative views on the future and combines several aspects of entrepreneurship and a flexible, mobile structure, specific decision-making mechanisms. Creating a business structure in the agricultural sector requires a balanced decision, because the relevant knowledge, innovative ideas, financial support, use of new technologies that are necessary for competitiveness at a global level play an important role in its further activities. Further development of entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector requires the formation of a favorable business environment, effective government support, development of financial support system, improvement of crediting regimes, implementation of regional programs, development and realization of measures for information, consulting and staffing support, infrastructure development, etc.

СОЦІАЛЬНА СПРЯМОВАНІСТЬ В УПРАВЛІННІ ЕКОНОМІЧНОЮ ЕФЕКТИВНІСТЮ ІНВЕСТИЦІЙ

Визначено, що соціальна відповідальність суб’єктів бізнесу перед органами місцевого самоврядування та соціумом залежить від соціально-економічних потреб суспільства. Проаналізовано особливості двох основних моделей побудови соціальної відповідальності між відповідними суб’єктами господарювання: американської та європейської. Встановлено, що важливим напрямом оцінки сучасного стану залучення інвестицій в соціально-економічну діяльність в аграрній сфері є оцінка взаємозв’язку між економічним зростанням суб’єктів аграрної сфери та розвитком сільських територій. Визначено вплив показників рівня економічного розвитку на рівень соціально-економічної відповідальності. Встановлено, що найбільш ефективною організаційно-правовою формою в Україні у сільській місцевості є фермерське господарство. Здійснено аналіз основних показників діяльності аграрних підприємств за 2015-2019 рр. Оцінено соціально-економічну діяльність господарюючих суб’єктів аграрної сфери на прикладі Степанівської територіальної громади. Визначено найпоширеніші практики надання інвестицій регіону (громаді) та завдання з реалізації напрямів соціально-економічної переорієнтації діяльності в процесі розвитку аграрної сфери. Визначено, що ключовими бар’єрами для розвитку соціальних ініціатив на селі є, з одного боку, небажання великої частини аграрників свідомо, ініціативно та добровільно надавати посильну допомогу у розвитку сільських громад та територій, а з іншого – несприятливі податкові, інвестиційні та інші економічні та інституційні умови, що створені державою для функціонування цих аграрних підприємств у цілому та реалізації їхніх соціальних функцій зокрема.
 Доведено, що посилення соціально-економічної відповідальності в аграрній сфері матиме позитивний вплив на розвиток кадрового потенціалу підприємства (зменшується плинність кадрів, підвищується їх мотивація до праці), відносини з партнерами та інвесторами (зростає довіра до компанії та рівень інвестиційної привабливості), клієнтами (зростає імідж, бренд стає більш привабливим та споживаним, репутація компанії покращується). Як наслідок, можна очікувати підвищення ринкової вартості аграрного бізнесу, а відтак і ширшого залучення інвестицій в розвиток вітчизняної аграрної галузі.

Key Vectors of Regional Economic Policy: Expectations and Reality

The article investigates the structure of regional economic policy in historical context, from first years of market economy development in Russia to the current period of passing-over to digital economy. On the basis of dialectical method, system approach, practical analytical instruments, method of experts’ estimation reasons and consequences of evolution changes in regional economic policy were analyzed. Factors influencing the nature of social and economic processes on sub-national level were studied. The article shows today’s trends of space development characterized by the objective global process of raising the role of agglomeration in speeding-up economic growth, increasing labour productivity, incomes and standard of living of the population. Long-term prospects of development and functioning of rural territories were not evaluated adequately, though they play one of the key roles in growing geo-political influence of Russia in the world. Detail study of the theoretical base of regional economics allowed us to substantiate the issue of shifting the focus in managing the territorial development to macro-regional level and in this connection to renew instruments used for analytical purposes. By analyzing the home practice of state regulation a conclusion was drawn about the necessity to set up a specialized state structure for observing the process of strengthening the role of macro-regions and efficiency of shaping the adequate bodies of power to manage the space social and economic development.

Impact of the synergetic effect of forestry and beekeeping on development of rural territories in Volyn region

Impact of the synergetic effect of forestry and beekeeping on development of rural territories in Volyn region

Regional diversification of rural territories with limited spatial location of green tourism objects

The relevance of research is that the process of diversification of rural entrepreneurship has its own specific conditions and features. The aim of paper is to substantiate methodological approaches to the assessment and forecasting of regional diversification of rural areas with limited spatial location of green tourism objects. Article deals with the process of regional diversification of rural territories with limited spatial placement of green tourism objects. It is proved that entrepreneurship in field of green tourism is a specific type of tourism activity, has a social, environmental and economic impact on the development of rural territories of the region.

Key Elements for the Design of a Wine Route. The Case of La Axarquía in Málaga (Spain)

The design of enotourist routes represents an opportunity for the sustainable development of rural territories. This qualitative study was structured in three parts to reach a cohesion model representing the academic literature, visitors, and winemakers. This research focused on the region of La Axarquía in Málaga (Spain) because of its wine and tourist tradition. In relation to the methodology, this study used content analysis techniques for the analysis of both the relevant literature and the questionnaires completed by all the winemakers of the territory, 60 tourists who visited the wineries, and the 10 most representative agents linked to the tourist development of this region. The findings provided a model with the elements to be taken into account in the creation of a wine route or itinerary in any destination of the world. The application of this model will contribute to the creation of new tourist policies that can move towards efficient progress of the region.

The National Interests of the Russian Federation in the Agricultural Sphere and Their Reflection in the New Food Security Doctrine

Introduction: the changes in the social and economic situation in recent years and the sanctions policy towards the Russian Federation require adjustments to the main strategic interests and priorities of the Russian state’s policy in the field of agro-industrial complex and ensuring the country’s food security. The purpose of the work is to identify the main factors that influence the formation of new principles and interests of the state in the field of food security, their reflection in the basic documents on ensuring the national security of the Russian Federation. The methodological framework for the study is the method of scientific analysis, as well as the comparative method. The result of the research is to determine the main trends in the legal support of food security in the context of the constitutional and agrarian legislation reform. Conclusions: in comparison with the previous documents, it is concluded that the list of the state interests, goals and objectives in the field of agriculture is enlarged by strengthening the requirements of social security and social protection, as well as expanding national agricultural production in order to achieve a state of food independence, ensuring the export policy. In the context of the July 2020 decisions the all-Russian vote on Amendments to the Constitution of the Russian Federation justifies the increased importance of food security issues, creating conditions for improving the standard of living of citizens, social obligations of the state in the field of agriculture, and sustainable development of rural territories. It is pointed out that it is necessary to take into account the requirements of environmental safety in the strategic planning in the agri-food sector.

Еколого-правові проблеми розвитку сільських територій

The article is devoted to the analysis of ecological and legal problems of rural development. Determined are main tendencies of ecological and agrarian policy of Ukraine in the aspect of development of rural territories. The analysis of legislative support for rural development showed that environmental protection measures, which are provided for in the relevant strategies, concepts, programs and other normative legal acts of a conceptual nature, do not contain mechanisms for their implementation and are not developed in current legislation. Based on the analysis of legal literature, national legislation and practice of its application, the need for a comprehensive, intersectoral approach to solving environmental and legal problems of rural development, given the inextricable link between the environmental component and socio-demographic and economic components of rural development. Keywords: state ecological policy, state agrarian policy, sustainable development, rural areas, environmental protection, environmental impact assessment, planning and development of territories

THE ROLE OF LEASING IN THE SYSTEM OF ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISION OF RURAL AREAS

The article highlights the problem of the development and territorial organization of rural areas and the optimization of their population, which has become relevant after the reform of land ownership, the introduction of private ownership of land and free enterprise in rural economic space. The issues of complex development of rural territories are considered, features and character of new forms of business activities, in particular leasing, in this process are determined. The role and significance of leasing activities in ensuring the efficiency of agro-industrial production, development of rural areas, creation of normal living conditions for the rural population are revealed. It is noted that leasing has become possible because the current tax system allows to manipulate the tax conditions of doing business. During leasing, the contractual relationship of purchase and sale on credit is replaced by a lease agreement and thus the tax essence of the transaction is realized.Today, leasing of agricultural machinery as a basis for the operation of highly efficient farms is a simple and effective financial scheme that combines the owner of financial capital with the manufacturer, where rural machinery is provided on credit with relatively soft payment terms. Economic advantages of leasing are the following: the availability of the purchase of any equipment of domestic and foreign production of a certain value without down payment; high flexibility, which allows to quickly respond to changes in market infrastructure when purchasing equipment; a wide range of services after the purchase of equipment; financial lease payments that help to stabilize financial plans, etc. It is necessary to form a mechanism to support agro-leasing, where the main functions should be entrusted to state and local authorities and include: determining the real support of farmers and investment in production; implementation of a stable mechanism of resource support for leasing of agricultural equipment; providing legal conditions to support agro-leasing regional markets. All this, along with the creation of the Leasing Fund, will help to increase the efficiency of agro-industrial production of rural areas, economic prosperity and ultimately – improve the quality of life of rural residents, increase their welfare.It is noted that the formation of leasing relations in agro-industrial production will allow to solve the problems of further intensification of the investment process, renewal of production capital, production of competitive products, replenishment of the budget and further stabilization of the economy.

Implementation of the Far Eastern Hectare program as a tool to improve land management in the Khabarovsk Territory

By the end of the first decade of the 21st century, an extremely serious migration situation had developed in the Far Eastern region of the Russian Federation, which was characterized by the alarming rate of population outflow from this already sparsely populated region of the country. Between 1991 and 2010, according to various estimates, the population of the Far East decreased by 1.8 million people or by 22%. Of all the constituent entities of the Russian Federation that are part of the Far Eastern Federal District, not one is characterized by positive population growth rates. In this regard, the Government has developed a number of measures aimed at breaking the tense migration situation. The so-called “Far Eastern hectare” has become the main instrument for the implementation of the new migration and economic policies in this region. The article sets forth material related to the development of proposals to ensure the sustainable development of rural territories of the Far Eastern Federal District of the Russian Federation through the implementation of the Far Eastern Hectare program. The practical significance lies in the fact that the results of the study can be useful in identifying and forming land for the Far Eastern Hectare program.

Impact of forced migration on the sustainable development of rural territories

This study provides a comprehensive scientific analysis of contemporary problems resulted from the forced migration of the Ukrainian population and its impact on the sustainable development of 47 host communities of Poltava region. By means of cluster analysis 4 clusters of 26 rural territories were identified. They differ in the size of local budgets and the involvement level of forcedly displaced population into the local economy. Factor analysis showed that the involvement level of forcedly displaced population in the region's economy is determined by 2 groups according to 10 indicators. 8 indicators of the first factor determine 2/3 of the dispersion of refugees' impact on rural economy. The first factor reduces the gross regional product by 61.75%. The indicators of the second factor shows a positive impact and determines 15% of the dispersion. The use of game theory to identify conflicts of interest between refugees and host communities was justified. The reasonability to use the taxonomy method to construct a map of positioning rural areas according to the size of local budgets and the degree of integration of refugees is justified. The use of the created map identified the “growth points” in particular clusters. As a result of the implementation of the proposed conflict resolution mechanism between refugees and host communities, the budget of the rural areas of the first cluster increased by 18%, the second cluster by 14.5%, the third cluster by 13%, the fourth by 8%, refugee participation by 30%.

Monitoring as a tool for achieving the goals of socio-economic development of rural areas

The article theoretically substantiates the need to use a special tool to ensure sustainable development of rural territories. As such, it is proposed to use a monitoring system that will allow to analyze, evaluate and control all the factors in the implementation of strategies for their socio-economic development, and will also determine the level of achievement of the goals. Within the framework of the Voronezh region, the analysis of indicators of the socio-economic development of rural territories is carried out, their typical problems are identified. The most common among which are the worsening demographic situation and the underdevelopment of the educational system. On the example of the Vorobevsky municipal district, a typical homogeneous rural territory of the Voronezh region, the influence of strategic planning on its development is shown. It has been established that most of the indicators of socio-economic development are planned with positive shifts, which, however, does not indicate the possibility of actual achievement of the set goals. A comparative characteristic and analysis of the impact of strategies for the socio-economic development of rural settlements on the implementation of the strategy of the Vorobevsky district was made. It was revealed that the mission of the Vorobevsky district combines elements of the missions of rural settlements: the cultural heritage of Berezovsky, a comfortable living environment and entrepreneurship of Solonetsky, a comfortable living environment and agriculture of Nikolsky 1st; The general goal and objectives of the strategies of rural settlements are reflected in the strategy of socio-economic development of the Vorobevsky district. It is proposed to introduce annual monitoring as a tool capable of achieving the goals of the socio-economic development of rural areas, since the existing simple assessment of the formation of target indicators in three stages will not give the desired result. In this regard, the necessity of developing a special methodology for monitoring the implementation of strategies for socio-economic development, which will assess the achievement of the goals of the strategy in percentage terms at a particular point in time, is justified.

Functional zoning as the basis of ecological assessment of the territory

The article highlights the features of the structure of the land fund of Odesa region, presents the method of assessing the ecological condition of the territories. The problem of complex development of rural territories according to the indicators of ecological stability of agrolandscapes and anthropogenic load on them is considered. The first stage of the assessment is to determine the logical coefficients — basic qualitative and quantitative indicators of environmental balancebalance or imbalance of the agro-landscape, their stability and degree of transformation under the influence of economic activity: coefficients of ecological morbidity of the agro-landscape, the coefficient of anthropogenic load and productivity index of agrolandshafts. These coefficients make it possible to estimate degree of rational use of agrolandscape. It is determined that the basic qualitative indicators that indicate the ecological balance of agricultural landscapes, their sustainability and the degree of transformation under the influence of economic activity are the coefficients of anthropogenic load and environmental sustainability. The value of the coefficients of anthropogenic load, ecological stability and the level of plowing of the territory of Odesa region is estimated. The ecological condition of lands is estimated according to gradations of coefficients of ecological stability and anthropogenic load and it is established that the territory of Odessa region is ecologically unstable, has a high level of anthropogenic load, which is manifested in excessive agricultural development and plowing.

Application of Telecommunications Technologies in the Management of Territories

Contemporary management of territories cannot be imagined without the effective use of telecommunications technologies, which create conditions for the systematic and harmonious development of territories, as well as their identification in today’s global digital space. Besides, it should be noted that the existing management systems are largely outdated and ineffective for the modern globally progressive information environment and their full functioning.
 Based on the conducted expert survey, the authors identified tasks of implementing telecommunications technologies in the management of rural territories, users of telecommunications technologies used when managing rural territories, opportunities for positioning rural territories through telecommunications technologies, areas for implementing telecommunications technologies in the management of rural territories, as well as presented the experience of the EU countries in the development of rural territories based on the concept of the smart village.

On the scientific basis for developing rural development strategies

The article presents the results of the systematization of the scientific foundations for developing rural development strategies. The theory, methodology and methods of solving this problem have been merged into a single whole. Grouping of the scientific aspects of strategies in the context of key issues of their development is given. The choice of the paradigm of rural development is justified. In relation to the development of rural territories, the essence of the concept of “strategy” is formulated. The definition of the essence of the strategy reflects multifunctionality, goals and objectives, resource potential and the socio-economic environment for the development of rural areas. The approaches to assessing the conditions and factors of endogenous rural development are established. To evaluate internal and external factors, it is recommended to use SWOT analysis, for external ones - PEST analysis. The methods of goal-setting and assessment of priorities in solving the problems of rural development are proposed. Targeting is recommended based on the decomposition of the general goal of the strategy. The general goal is defined as the transition of rural territories from an exogenous to an endogenous path of development while increasing the competitiveness of the rural economy and increasing the quality of life of the rural population. The set of strategic goals and objectives in the strategy is proposed to be directed to the restructuring of the development of rural areas with a focus solely on the dominance of external support to the maximum possible use of internal potential. It is recommended that prioritization of the solution of tasks to achieve the general goal of the strategy be carried out by the method of expert evaluations using the constructed “goal tree”. It is proposed to build the mechanism for the implementation of strategies within the framework of the paradigm of endogenous development of rural territories on the widespread use of “rural networks”. Networks in this case are considered as a hybrid form of coordination of the development of rural areas lying between the hierarchy and the market.

Economic component in the field of livestock as a factor of formation of sustainable development in the context of rural areas

The article deals with the problems of the influence of the livestock sector on the formation of sustainable development of rural areas. It is emphasized that currently global problems have formed in the world, namely: differentiation in living standards between developed countries and ‘third world’ countries, significant differentiation of income levels among most countries, environmental pollution, limited and reduced easily accessible natural resources, degradation of agricultural lands. Today, the principles of sustainable development are recognized as strategic directions for the development of the sector by the world’s leading countries. In the process of research, dialectical methods of cognition of processes and phenomena, monographic method (analysis of views on the concept of sustainable development), abstract-logical (theoretical generalizations and formulation of conclusions) were used. The article addresses the problems of the influence of the livestock sector on the formation of sustainable development of rural areas. A brief overview of approaches and principles for the interpretation of the concept of ‘sustainable development’ was conducted. It is noted that the current situation in rural areas is critical in terms of, first of all, social and environmental problems. The livestock sector should become one of the elements of their solution. It is noted that its development allows not only to diversify production, but also to improve the social situation and solve certain environmental problems. The authors give their own definition of rural development as a development that provides an increase in the level and quality of life of rural residents with the provision of their social needs and the ability to pass on the natural biodiversity of the respective areas to future generations. It is emphasized that this definition combines economic, social and environmental development.The key principles of the state policy in development of rural territories on the principles of susta­inable development with allocation of its constituent elements are formulated. Measures for sustainable development of rural areas through the support of the livestock sector as one of the components of agricultural production are proposed. It is noted that intensive production is possible today, provided that the optimal ratio of the structure of land use and the presence of the livestock sector in the structure of production is maintained.