Revisiting the nature of small forms of management in the agricultural sector

The nature of small forms of farming (peasant farms) in the agrarian sphere is a very difficult subject of research, coupled with the knowledge of the essence of the phenomenon, and, accordingly, this work does not pretend to completely exhaust it, since the very format of the scientific article excludes this. At the same time, we will try to outline a starting point, which, in our opinion, has independent value in solving fundamental problems of the rural economy, to which, of course, the named subject also belongs. Making an attempt to combine small forms of management into an independent group, one should pay attention to the radically different conditions of economic activity. The peculiarities of farming methods, including the attitude towards land, as well as the peculiarities of the organization and internal structure of the peasant economy, had a direct impact on the organization of economic thinking. Different conditions for the functioning of small forms of farming do not impede the implementation of simple empirical generalizations, and the statement that peasants are united by common conditions of existence, for example, in opposition to corporate capital and, accordingly, a common ground for collective action in common interests, is a solid basis for a legitimate grouping all peasants into a single social community. According to the results of the study, it is concluded that there are sufficient prerequisites for the separation of peasant farms into a separate group with an independent economic essence, the knowledge of which is important both for understanding the nature of small forms of farming and for developing an effective agricultural policy aimed at ensuring their competitiveness.