The current state and points of growth of small business in the agricultural sector of the Russian economy

The current state of agricultural production is largely based on a mixed economy, the basic principle of which is a combination of different forms of management that ensure the sustainable development of the industry. Small business ensures not only the food independence of the state, but also create a special economically and socially important atmosphere in rural areas. The subject of the study is a set of organizational and economic relations in the agricultural sector of the economy providing support for small business. The object of the study is agricultural goods producers from among small business, as well as government authorities. The purpose of the work is to analyze, determine the directions (points of growth) and tools to support the development of small businesses in the rural sector of the economy. The methodological basis of the research is based on the synthesis of various approaches, methods and tools within the framework of the analysis of the current state and directions of development of smallholder of management in the agricultural sector of the Russian economy. The research uses methods - deduction, analysis, synthesis and analogy, which allow for a systematic approach and the practical significance of the results achieved. The scientific novelty consists in the author's analysis of the current state of small business in the agricultural sector of the economy, as well as the definition of directions (points of growth) and support tools that ensure the country's food security and sustainable development of rural areas. The modern state of small businesses in the Russian Federation is considered, and their main points of growth (personnel, planning, marketing (sales), and partnership) are identified, which may turn out to be drivers for the formation of new opportunities in the agricultural sector of the state economy. The main tools have been established to ensure the formation of points of growth for small businesses in the agrarian sector of the Russian economy (development of cooperation, state support, systemic marketing interactions) that provide systemic interaction in the formation of sustainable development not only of the agrarian economy, but also of rural areas as a whole.