Features of development of economies of small forms in rural territories of the Leningrad region
The problem of rural development in the Leningrad region is very relevant. In connection with the reduction in the number of large agricultural organizations, the degree of population of some areas is decreasing, so the preservation and development of small-scale farms plays an important role in supporting these territories. The article analyzes the features of the functioning of small-scale farms in the Leningrad Region, their impact on rural areas. The study was carried out on the example of municipal regions of the region using statistics from the Federal State Statistics Service for 2016 and data from the All-Russian Agricultural Census for the Leningrad Region for 2006 and 2016. The article analyzes the security of small-scale farms in the Leningrad Region with basic production resources, infrastructure facilities, the use of innovative technologies, as well as the availability of processing facilities. It is concluded that in all of the above categories, additional financing is needed to improve the material and technical support of farms. A correlation and regression analysis of the influence of various factors on the cost of gross agricultural output produced in small-scale farms in 2016, the results of which show that the share of the population engaged in agricultural production and the average size of the land plot farms and the proportion of personal subsidiary farms engaged in agricultural activities. It can be noted that small-scale farms, despite the not high proportion of manufactured products among farms of all categories, play an important social role in the conservation and development of rural territories.