PROSPECTS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF COOPERATIVE RELATIONS ON THE BASIS OF PERSONAL PEASANT FARMS

Abstract

Purpose. The aim of the article is substantiation of directions of development of service cooperation in the system of agrarian sector of economy of Ukraine on the basis of personal peasant farms, taking into account world and national social and economic trends. Methodology of research. The methodological basis of the study is a systematic approach to the study of processes and phenomena, through which the identified problems are viewed from the standpoint of the integrity and continuity of the object and its environment, goals and methods of management, means of its monitoring. The method of scientific abstraction, together with the methods of analysis and synthesis, in the course of the study allowed generalizing and substantiating the essence of cooperation and cooperatives, to study and systematize the factors that influence the activities of agricultural cooperatives, to substantiate the notion of «non-profitability» of cooperatives. The method of social metric examination is widely used in researching the development of the cooperative, in particular, the questionnaire, which was conducted with the help of specially prepared questionnaires. The materials collected with the help of the questionnaire developed by the authors made it possible to study the degree of interest of producers in the development of agricultural cooperation in the region. Findings. The development of inter-economic associations based on the cooperation of production, financial and human resources of personal peasant farms is substantiated. The stages of their formation have been determined, which envisages the creation of subjects of infrastructure support for their development. Originality. A project of creating a service cooperative system for small agricultural entities is proposed, the main purpose of which is to improve the level of functioning of agricultural production of this group of farmers by integrating them into the network of multi-sector cooperative associations. Practical value. It is proved that in the system based on consideration of economic interests of all subjects of integration, the bases are created for combining and reconciling their interests, including PPF, which should ultimately affect, first, the volumes of processing of PPF products, and secondly, to create conditions for the accumulation and expanded reproduction of agricultural enterprises, and thirdly, to create the basis for the development of PPF population in integration with social production.