Harmonious development of integration and cooperation in agriculture as a factor in ensuring food security

Abstract

The development of consumer cooperation in agriculture is one of the main conditions for solving many existing problems, including food security. However, in Russia this is not taken into account to the proper extent. So, for a quarter of a century after the Federal Law No. 193-FZ “On Agricultural Cooperation” adoption, it was not possible to significantly increase the share of agricultural products processed and sold through consumer cooperatives. At the same time, the integration processes in the industry are going on actively, that indicates the stimulation of property monopolization and the concentration of production in it. This hampers the solution of the food security problem, the development of consumer cooperation in the industry, the growth of employment and income in the countryside, and the solution of other important problems. The article substantiates the expediency and ways how to harmoniously combine integration and cooperation processes in the industry, as well as the principles that should be followed for this.