PRIORITY DIRECTIONS OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS UNDER THE WTO
The development of mechanisms and substantiation of the sustainable development of the rural areas in the recent years becomes one of the most topical issues, that is determined by the rise of prestige of the rural way of life as an alternative to the urban one and by understanding the fact that the progress and harmonious development of the society as a whole are impossible without the solution of the problem of agriculture. To reach the goals of the government policy in the field of the sustainable development of the rural areas under the WTO, it is necessary to envisage the following priority directions: enhancing the quality of life for rural residents; stimulating the investment activity in the agro-industrial complex; realizing the society supported projects; forming the positive attitude to the rural areas and rural way of life; using the mechanism of state-private partnership in the agricultural industry; regulating the production and stimulating it by the price policy; providing agriculture with the manpower by forming favorable credit climate for small and medium businesses; institutional formalization of venture business; supporting the export activity of agricultural enterprises; preserving and developing the network of small and very small rural settlements. The investigation of the activity of agricultural enterprises and agro-industrial formations makes it possible to determine the following directions of diversification of rural economics in the regions of Siberia: the development of food and food processing enterprises including small businesses in the rural areas; the establishment of specialized shops at the wholesale markets of the region; the organization of timber processing enterprises; the development of fish farming; storage and processing of wild plants; the development of leather goods enterprises, wool sheepskin and footwear enterprises; the support of gardening and market gardening; the creation of own power systems based on the usage of nonconventional sources of energy; the development of agricultural tourism and restaurant business.