Keleberda T. Organization of cooperative relations in a village

The dissertation is devoted to development of the theoretical-methodological and applied approaches to organization of cooperative relations in the agrarian sector of Ukraine as a precondition for improvement of the competitiveness of small agricultural producers, multi-functional development of rural territories, social safety of peasants, food safety of the state, and environmental protection. The author outlines theoretical fundamentals for interpretation of the “cooperation” notion, and consolidates scientific opinions on the comprehension of the “agricultural cooperation” concept. The work highlights peculiarities and drawbacks of establishment of the legislative base of Ukraine in the field of organization of cooperative relations. The research reveals the national specificity of performance of productive and servicing agricultural cooperatives. The specificity and fundamentals of the world cooperative policy on the support of agricultural cooperatives development have been describes. The work characterizes the dynamics of development of a chain of agricultural servicing cooperatives of Ukraine by the kinds of their activities. It is noted that the positive dynamics of the number of registered agricultural cooperatives is determined by the actual performance of only half of such cooperative structures. It is detected that multi-functional agricultural cooperatives, as well as those, which provide different services, are the most common type of cooperatives in the agrarian sector of Ukraine. Among the reasons of the fragmental and formal development of agricultural cooperation, the author specifies imperfect fundamentals of the legal base, unbalanced organizational and industrial structure and incomplete reforming of the agrarian sphere, deficiency of the required cooperative knowledge, few instruments of the state financial support at the stage of the agricultural cooperative establishment, unsatisfactory material-technical equipment of cooperatives, no access to crediting, and poor state financial support for agricultural cooperation development, disputable conditions of taxation, lack of investment capital, seasonal character of supplied services, lack of wish of the owners of produced goods to sell them at the open market, etc. The author gives proposals concerning activation of cooperative relations organization in a village. The place of management tools in the economic mechanism of organization of cooperative relations in the countryside is determined. The place and role of socially responsible marketing and corporate governance in the organization of cooperative relations in the countryside are clarified. The functions of state institutions for the promotion and practical implementation of socially responsible marketing technologies in the system of management of cooperative relations in rural areas are determined. Methods of corporate governance are described and the order of realization of principles of democracy in corporate governance of agricultural cooperative on the principles of transparency is offered.