Inter-farm cooperation as a driver of rabbit breeding development
The relevance and purpose of the work. The development of rabbit breeding will help solve the food problem and provide the population with dietary products, as interest in a healthy lifestyle is increasing everywhere. Although meat is currently the main product produced, the range of secondary products is quite wide, since the industry allows to organize waste- free production. Thus, domestic rabbit breeding is a promising industry for further development The materials and methods of research. In the course of the research theoretical (analysis, synthesis, comparison) and empirical (literature study) research methods were used. The results of the work. Analysis of the production and consumption of rabbit products allowed us to conclude that the domestic market has a positive trend of these indicators. However, the existing problems related to the high cost of production, due to the large share of costs for the purchase of raw materials, purchased semi-finished products and components and labor, as well as the lack of rhythmic deliveries of manufactured products to retail chains, remain unresolved. It is proposed to build innovative or modernize existing rabbit breeding complexes, on the basis of which cooperatives will be created. The conclusions. The development of inter-farm cooperation in domestic rabbit breeding will help to solve the existing problems and will allow to fully revive and develop.