Farmers’ Willingness to Cooperate: The Case of Tatarstan
https://doi.org/10.18288/1994-5124-2021-5-96-117
Аннотация
Despite the purposeful governmental programs, agricultural cooperation in Russia is not developing—on the contrary, the number of cooperatives has been continuously declining. This study investigates the reasons for farmers’ refusal to join cooperatives. A prepared questionnaire was distributed in one of the Russian regions (the Republic of Tatarstan), and the collected data were analyzed via the cross tabulation method and logit analysis. According to the study results, the major reasons for not cooperating are as follows: respondent farmers lack the experience of cooperation, they have problems trusting each other, they are not socially active in their communities, and they rarely have a higher education. The study results recommend that the Ministry of Agriculture, willing to develop agricultural cooperation, pay special attention to educating farmers in terms of cooperation. Particular work should be done in teaching farmers to work in groups, trust each other, and organize systems of cooperative ventures in a way that would exclude cheating and free-riding behavior on the parts of both the cooperative members and the leaders. Stimulating social activities among farmers in rural areas might also increase cooperation. In addition, there is a need for agricultural consulting services offering high quality educational courses explaining the advantages of cooperatives and profits that they may provide to the members.
Об авторах
M. P. ANTONOVA
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Россия
Россия
Maria P. ANTONOVA, PhD (Ag. Econ.). Center for Agricultural and Food Policy
84, Vernadskogo pr., Moscow, 119606
D. S. TERNOVSKY
Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Россия
Россия
Denis S. TERNOVSKY, Dr. Sci. (Econ.). Center for Agricultural and Food Policy
84, Vernadskogo pr., Moscow, 119606
W. HEIJMAN
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
Чехия
Чехия
Wim HEIJMAN, PhD (Ag. Econ.)
129 Kamýcká, Prague 16500
J. BIJMAN
Wageningen University
Нидерланды
Нидерланды
Jos BIJMAN, PhD (Ag. Econ.)
4 Droevendaalsesteeg, 6708 PB Wageningen
L. A. NIGMATULLIN
Kazan Federal University
Россия
Россия
Liliya A. NIGMATULLINA, Cand. Sci. (Econ.). Engineering Institute
18 Kremlevskaya ul., Kazan, 420008
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Для цитирования:
ANTONOVA M.P., TERNOVSKY D.S., HEIJMAN W., BIJMAN J., NIGMATULLIN L.A. Farmers’ Willingness to Cooperate: The Case of Tatarstan. Экономическая политика. 2021;16(5):96–117. https://doi.org/10.18288/1994-5124-2021-5-96-117
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