Entrepreneurship in agriculture as a control object

Analyzes the criteria for classifying economic entities to small and medium-sized businesses in the Russian Federation and foreign countries. Considered measures to support small and medium enterprises in general and in the agricultural sector. Small forms of business in agrarian economy play an important role by supplying a significant part of food production, income sources and creating jobs in the surplus labor resources sector of the economy - agriculture. That small forms of business are distinguished by their high capacity for adaptation in rapidly changing internal and external environment, to quickly set up under the volatile market situation, providing the ability to quickly implement various business projects, including innovation), are attracted to this significant part of the rural population.