Cooperative tradition in Russia: a revival of agricultural service cooperatives?

Yanbykh, Renata; Saraikin, Valeriy; Lerman, Zvi

doi:10.1080/14631377.2019.1607439

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“…Particularly one can emphasize the low level of trust among production participants, the lack (or weakness) of motivation to work together according to cooperative (democratic) principles, and the many risks of opportunistic behavior of partners, etc. [1,5,6]. We estimate the household heads' readiness for collaboration and cooperation based on the respondents' view received during a survey (2015-2016) in the Kurgan region (Table I).…”

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“…As a result, the local administrative structures initiate the setting up of cooperatives, organizing information and consulting services for them, and granting them a financial support. However, the retrospective analysis of cooperative practices has shown, that in Russia on general and in the Kurgan Region in particular, the progressive efforts of the government in terms of increasing cooperation support in most agricultural regions indicates low effectiveness [1]. The aim of the current study is therefore to analyze the results of agricultural cooperatives' performance within the frames of the accepted and currently running state policy, which started in 2016.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…This study, first, gives a general overview of research on agricultural cooperatives in Russian Federation, second, it indicates estimation results of the cooperatives' performance in the Kurgan region. Third, it describes the reasons for low effectiveness of cooperatives' performance: (1) features of informal institutions, which impede the joint work and cooperation, (2) legal inconsistencies and contradictions, hindering innovations in national cooperative practices, (3) the necessity to follow traditional cooperative principles leads to the difficulties in cooperative performance because it contradicts with the new features of modern institutional environment.…”

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Assessment of Agricultural Cooperatives’ Performance in Russia: The Case of the Kurgan Region

Golovina¹,

Antonova²,

Abilova³

2020

Proceedings of the Ecological-Socio-Economic Systems: Models of Competition and Cooperation (ESES 2019)

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Agricultural cooperation, especially in a current socio-economic, political and institutional environment, has a significant impact on the development of agricultural economy, rural communities and rural territories. The effectiveness of agricultural cooperative performance depends on the government activities aimed at creating agricultural cooperatives and supporting them in terms of information, consulting and finances. It also depends on the scientific concepts used for determination of modern cooperative policy instruments and strategies. The assessment of agricultural cooperatives' performance in the Kurgan Region (Russia) indicates that traditional type cooperatives, set-up in the modern institutional conditions, result in low performance level of such cooperatives. New, modern features of cooperatives, contradicting the traditional cooperative model, and reflecting entrepreneurial behavior of organizations, have emerged in the last several years. This study has undertaken the in-depth interviews with potential and existing cooperative members in the Kurgan region. Results of the study indicate the importance of formal and informal institutions for successful development of agricultural cooperation, and the importance of compliance of cooperative principles to the currently existing institutional environment. Study results show, that present formal and informal institutions lead to the low effectiveness of agricultural cooperatives' performance. A traditional cooperative model is hard to be well-functioning within the modern institutional environment.

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Assessment of Agricultural Cooperatives’ Performance in Russia: The Case of the Kurgan Region

Golovina¹,

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Abilova³

2020

Proceedings of the Ecological-Socio-Economic Systems: Models of Competition and Cooperation (ESES 2019)

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“…Currently, the government pays great attention to improving the agrarian policy of supporting and developing agricultural consumer cooperation which contributes to the competitiveness of small and medium-sized agribusiness and consolidates its position in agri-food markets [11][12][13]. V.B.…”

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Assessment of Solvency and Financial Stability of Agricultural Consumer Cooperatives

Medvedeva¹

2020

Proceedings of the Ecological-Socio-Economic Systems: Models of Competition and Cooperation (ESES 2019)

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Agricultural consumer cooperatives are nonprofit organizations and act as socially-oriented business entities. They are formed to solve not only economic, but also social issues in rural areas. Domestic and foreign experience in the study of cooperatives has shown their ability to increase labor productivity, to improve financial condition, to update and to modernize the material and technical base of agricultural sector. Therefore, much attention is currently given to the successful operation of cooperatives. This paper is based on the review of the works of domestic and foreign scientists using a systematic approach to the issue, with economic and statistical, balance, abstract-logical research methods. The main part of the materials presented in this article is the assessment of solvency and financial stability of agricultural consumer cooperatives in the region. Data of the Department of AIC of the Kurgan Region became the basis for calculations for the studied business entities. Agricultural consumer cooperatives of the Kurgan Region were the objects of study. This paper considers the structure of the property of cooperatives and sources of their financing; identifies the features of the formation of their financial resources, as well as problems that negatively affect these parameters. Assessment revealed that the solvency of these business entities is at a high level, but the values of liquidity ratios significantly exceed recommended ones what indicates insufficiently rational use of resources. Unstable financial results of studied cooperatives led to the fact that own working capital for almost the entire period (2012-2018) was negative; this fact negatively affected a number of parameters that characterized the financial stability of entities. To strengthen their financial position, agricultural consumer cooperatives should increase their own capital expanding scope and activities what will solve not only economic, but also social issues and problems in rural areas.

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“…Yanbykh, V.A. Saraykin, and Z. Lerman [8], and also M. Altman [9]. However, at present, the range of issues related to the activation of the entrepreneurial potential of private subsidiary plots in different socio-economic conditions requires further research.…”

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Mechanism of Cooperation of Private Subsidiary Plots of the Republic of Tuva in the Production of Livestock Products

Taibyl¹,

Sevek²,

Sevek³

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Proceedings of the “New Silk Road: Business Cooperation and Prospective of Economic Development” (NSRBCPED 2019)

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The aim of this work is to develop a mechanism for integrating private subsidiary plots as an individual form of entrepreneurship activity with agricultural business entities for livestock production in the Republic of Tuva. The problem of studying private subsidiary plots occupies an important place in economic studies. One of the most important research topics of recent years is related to the provision of food to the population. In the Republic of Tuva, private subsidiary plots have become not only the main means of survival of the rural population in the conditions of a sharp decline in production in the 90s, but also retains the ability to solve the issue of food supply. This article is based on the analysis of the current state of production by private subsidiary plots in the Republic of Tuva and the results of the field studies conducted by the authors in districts of the republic in the summer of 2019. The source base is the results of the interviewing of farmers, individual livestock breeders, and heads of agricultural departments of district administrations. In the early 2000s, livestock products were necessary for the population of the republic for its own consumption, at present, with an increase in the number of livestock in households, it is proposed to orient livestock products to the market using the mechanism of cooperation of private subsidiary plots with business entities in the field of agricultural production

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Cooperative tradition in Russia: a revival of agricultural service cooperatives?

Cited by 36 publications

References 5 publications

Assessment of Agricultural Cooperatives’ Performance in Russia: The Case of the Kurgan Region

Assessment of Agricultural Cooperatives’ Performance in Russia: The Case of the Kurgan Region

Assessment of Solvency and Financial Stability of Agricultural Consumer Cooperatives

Mechanism of Cooperation of Private Subsidiary Plots of the Republic of Tuva in the Production of Livestock Products

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