INTEGRATION-COOPERATIVE RELATIONS IN THE AGRARIAN SPHERE OF THE ECONOMY OF UKRAINE AND THE PROSPECTS OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to reveal the essence, factors and economic mechanism of development of integration and cooperation and their role in the effective activity of entrepreneurship formation in the agrarian sphere of economy. The economic essence of integrated and cooperative entities and the interdependence of these categories are determined. The essence of integrated structures is substantiated, the concept of integrated structure and cooperative is clarified. The development of integration processes ensures the efficiency of the agrarian economy. In the last period, the integration of integrated structures based on the joint activity of legally independent economic entities aimed at the competitiveness of producers due to the effect of scale and closed cycle has become widespread. Justifying their efforts on the basis of corporatization, integration, cooperation and clustering, business entities achieve the best results of production activity. Agricultural cooperatives may be members of large-scale agro-industrial associations. A proposal for the characterization of integration and cooperative formations through the establishment of inter-economic links using cluster form mechanisms has been developed. It is revealed that further development will be gained by the product organizations of the local structure of mainly organizational and legal forms of simple societies and unions. Instead, simple societies can be seen as a first step towards establishing agricultural service cooperatives. It is proved that cooperation and integration of interested economic entities create an economic base for sustainable development not only of the material and technical potential of the associations, but also of all socio-economic infrastructure where the interests of the state and producers and consumers of products are realized while guaranteeing the state stable socio-economic relations.