The Possibilities of the State to Promote Farming and Rural Cooperation in Russia

Abstract

The subjects of the study are farms and rural cooperatives as the basis for the economic development of rural areas. The purpose of the work is to determine the priorities of the state in the implementation of support for farms and rural cooperation in Russia. The article presents the results of state support for farms and rural cooperatives. The potential of the state program for financing infrastructure and the quality of rural life to ensure an increase in the commissioning of comfortable housing in rural areas and the construction and reconstruction of rural tourism facilities by 2030 has been assessed. It has been established that the full-fledged development of rural cooperation in Russia is hindered by contradictions in legislation, the high cost of credit resources associated with an increase in the debt of agricultural organizations to banks and credit cooperatives. The reasons for the lack of prestige of agricultural work among young people due to hard physical labor, low incomes and high cost of credit resources are determined. As a result, there is a lack of high hopes for the growth of the rural population by 2030.

Conclusions are drawn about the need to continue state support for farming and rural cooperation in order to preserve the existing share of the rural population of Russia and implement the social mission of the cooperative movement.