Food resources and self-sufficiency in agricultural products in the Republic of Bashkortostan

The state of food supply in the country’s regions continues to be influenced by sanctions pressure on the Russian economy and, in particular, on the agricultural sector, which, in turn, contributes to the intensification of additional research to overcome their negative consequences. In these conditions, the role of increasing self-sufficiency in the main ranges of agricultural products in the country increases, including the supply of agricultural producers with the necessary material and technical resources to comply with technological production processes. A significant place in this is given to small forms of management using the advantages of agricultural cooperation with elements of intermunicipal and interterritorial cooperation. The article also examines the progressive development of agricultural consumer cooperatives in the Republic of Bashkortostan, the existing financing of the system of development of rural cooperation, presents the financial results of agricultural consumer cooperatives in the Republic of Bashkortostan, and also identifies problems of functioning and ways to solve them in the conditions of existing situations. It is concluded that it is advisable to strengthen and expand intermunicipal and interregional cooperative ties, which will allow agricultural producers to influence the increase in production and promotion of products; reduce the pressure of various intermediary structures, as well as achieve higher economic and social results of their activities, thereby achieving higher self-sufficiency in agricultural products of the regions of Russia.