Issues of small forms of economic and cooperation development in rural areas

The relevance of the topic of the article is due to the need to improve the agricultural and food policy of the state in the development of small forms of business and cooperation in rural areas. The subject of the research is a system of organization of activities of small agribusiness, agricultural cooperatives in the current social and economic conditions. The novelty of the research lies in identifying trends in the development of small forms of business and justifying the necessary priority measures to improve the organization of activities of small agribusiness entities. The main results of the study - reviewed the current state of the organization of activities of small businesses, citizens leading personal subsidiary farms, agricultural cooperatives, their contribution to gross agricultural production, social and economic development of rural areas, directions and measures of state support, relations with executive authorities on areas, factors hindering their effective functioning, indicated directions for improving the effective functioning. The proposed article theoretical and practical recommendations can be used in research on the development of small farms and cooperatives in rural areas, with the scientific substantiation of the basic directions, methods and mechanisms for the implementation of agri-food policy. The practical significance of the research results is the possibility of their use in the development of agrarian policy, the formation of effective mechanisms of state influence on the development of the agri-food complex at the federal and regional levels to achieve high targets.