Multi-structural agricultural production in Russia: retrospective analysis and current development trends

As a result of agrarian reforms in the 1990s, a new agrarian structure emerged in Russia: private agricultural organizations appeared, personal subsidiary farms and the farming sector developed. Thus, the foundations of multi-structural agrarian economy in its modern manifestation were laid. The difficulties that the agrarian sector subsequently faced led to major structural changes: the number of producers in all categories of management decreased, at the same time there was an enlargement of peasant (farmer) farms and agricultural organizations, the share of personal subsidiary farms in the structure of agricultural production decreased and the contribution of the farming sector significantly increased. The agrarian reform led to a sharp differentiation of agrarian structures in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. It persists at present that the leaders of agrarian production are small forms of farming in some regions, in other regions large integrated formations play a leading role in agricultural production. The dynamics of agricultural production considered in the framework of scientific research is positive and indicates both the prospects for expanding the scale of production of livestock and crop production in agricultural organizations and the farming sector, and the preservation of a multi-structural agricultural structure. However, with a significant change in the conditions for the functioning of agricultural producers, it is possible to shift the trends of its development. Timely adjustment of measures and directions of state regulation of the agricultural industry and budgetary support of domestic agrarians is of great importance in ensuring the sustainability of production activities.