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Evaluation of the impact of institutional and structural changes on the development of the Russian agricultural sector
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2019-4-39-58
Abstract
The article analyzes the most important institutional and structural changes in the agriculture of Russia in 2006—2016. The research has shown that the policy of reducing state participation in agricultural enterprises, increasing the concentration of property and management in the hands of a smaller number of individuals, growing share of agricultural organizations and farmers in the production of agricultural products, as well as the state support of agricultural holdings have played a positive role in the development of production. Structural changes in land use and land ownership of agricultural organizations are taking place. An attempt has been made to evaluate these changes. As the research has revealed, structural changes that ensured the growth of production had some negative consequences: the expansion of the activities of agricultural holdings led not only to the reduction in agricultural employment, but also to the decline of the rural population; the owners and managers rather than workers have become the main beneficiaries of the growth of revenues and incomes in organizations and redistribution of value added.
Keywords
agrarian structure,
agroholdings,
family farms,
integration,
concentration of capital,
agricultural policy,
agriculture
JEL: Q12; Q13; Q15; Q18
About the Authors
Vasily Ya. Uzun
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Moscow
Russian Federation
Moscow
Nataliya I. Shagaida
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Moscow
Russian Federation
Moscow
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Uzun V.Ya., Shagaida N.I. Evaluation of the impact of institutional and structural changes on the development of the Russian agricultural sector. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2019;(4):39-58. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2019-4-39-58
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