Consumer cooperation of regions in the infrastructure of the russian food market

Issue № 2, 2021, article № 9, pages 73-80

Section: Integration and cooperation in agribusiness

Language: Russian

Original language title: ПОТРЕБИТЕЛЬСКАЯ КООПЕРАЦИЯ РЕГИОНОВ В ИНФРАСТРУКТУРЕ ПРОДОВОЛЬСТВЕННОГО РЫНКА РОССИИ

Keywords: CONSUMER COOPERATION, POPULATION FARMS, PEASANT (FARMER) FARMS, PURCHASES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, MARKET, COOPERATIVES, COMPETITION

Abstract: The relevance, novelty and economic significance of consumer cooperation in the infrastructure of the Russian food market is justified by the huge state significance of the effective use of food resources of small businesses: peasant (farm) farms, households, and individual entrepreneurs. The author reveals the economic mission of consumer societies, consumer cooperatives and consumer unions, and reveals their role in saturating the agri-food market with various types of food products, including environmentally friendly forest products: mushrooms, berries, nuts, etc. The author reveals and argues the role of consumer cooperation in the formation of food resources, in the development of small agricultural businesses, agricultural sectors, stimulating the growth of agricultural production in private subsidiary and peasant (farm) farms, in improving the efficiency of procurement cooperative enterprises, increasing the competitiveness of domestic agricultural producers, improving the standard of living in rural areas. In order to improve the efficiency of small businesses, it is advisable to create vertical consumer cooperatives with the inclusion of agricultural producers and processing enterprises in their composition, to determine the development prospects, and to fulfill the contractual relations of cooperation partners.

Authors: Kaurova Olga Valerevna, Tkach Aleksandr Vasilevich, Maloletko Aleksandr Nikolaevich