The ancillary production of the agricultural enterprises in the system of agricultural cooperation

The article examines the economic and legal framework of the auxiliary industrial activities in the agricultural sector, the value of ancillary industries as a reserve force for rural territories development and the consolidation core of small-scale agricultural producers in the development of cooperation. The author lists the factors influencing the decision to organize the ancillary production, the arguments against, the conditions determining the size of farms and location of their specific types, and designates the measures of state support of the cooperative movement in the countryside.