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Humanitarian sciences in Siberia

2016 year, number

FAKTORS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OF RUSSIA AND BELARUS IN THE 1990s-2000s

V.S. Shmakov
Institute of philosophy and law SB RAS, 8, Nikolaeva str., Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia
Keywords: сельский социум, социально-экономические процессы, многоукладная экономика, человеческий капитал, аграрная политика, rural community, socio-economic processes, mixed economy, human capital, agricultural policy

Abstract

Comparative analysis of development of agro-industrial complex in the post-perestroika period in Russia and Belarus shows that during the period of socioeconomic reforms the agriculture in these countries have gone through several stages of its development and had its own particular characteristics. The specificity of sustainable development of agriculture and the entire agro-industrial complex of Russia and Belarus can be attributed to the growing influence of globalization, Russia’s accession to the WTO, and challenges of the Western world. This leads to increased competition between domestic and foreign farmers, degradation of the internal market. The use of a systematic approach with elements of historical and logical analysis allows to identify the main trends of development of AIC of Russia and Belarus. Crucial domestic actors, intensely affecting the sustainable development of agriculture in Russia and Belarus are agricultural policy, mixed economy, human capital of the village. Diversity in agro-industrial complex develops in a different way, suggesting the existence of human resources capable of working in conditions of economy in transition, the intensive development of the production base and technology. The adjustment of the state’s agrarian policy leads to differentiation of socio-economic space, which is a space for interaction between government and society. The diversity and multidirectional character of changes in socio-economic and political behavior of the villagers makes it necessary to refine and update the theoretical and empirical knowledge of the evolution of socio-economic and political conditions of life of the rural society. Relevance of the study of development of agriculture and rural society is determined by the fact that the problem of rural development under socioeconomic transformations in contemporary Russia and Belarus, and challenges posed by Western countries in the form of international sanctions, is of strategic importance in the context of food security.