Consumer cooperation in rural areas as a tool for adapting small agribusiness in the agrarian system of the country

The article is devoted to the issues of searching and improving the directions of adaptation of small forms of agricultural management in the agrarian system of Russia in order to ensure the sustainability and efficiency of their development. This paper reflects the validity and relevance, purpose and results of ongoing scientific research. The agrarian sector of the Russian economy is represented by a multi-layered structure of economic entities: from small farms and households to large agrarian holdings. At the same time, an important role in agricultural production is assigned to small agribusiness, which accounts for more than 40% of the total volume in value terms. Due to the increased vulnerability of small agricultural structures to the impact of financial risks and destabilizing factors of the economic and political systems, special attention should be paid to the development of adaptation mechanisms that level the consequences of their occurrence. One of the directions of solving the above-mentioned issues can be the creation of a favorable climate and providing conditions for the development of interaction institutions both between small agribusiness entities and large agricultural structures, namely, the expansion of cooperation ties and the deepening of integration processes. The conducted studies of the international experience of the functioning of consumer cooperation in rural areas allow us to speak about the prospects for the development of this institution in our country. The main directions of development of agricultural consumer cooperation can be integration and cooperation with large businesses (agricultural holdings, agricultural clusters, agricultural firms, etc.), work with business structures on the terms of franchising and outsourcing, expansion of the system of wholesale distribution centers based on consumer cooperatives, as well as expansion of the production potential of organic agricultural production.