ANALYSIS OF SMALL RURAL BUSINESS ENTITIES DEVELOPMENT IN VORONEZH OBLAST AND THEIR ROLE IN ANIMAL PRODUCTION
The authors analyze the current condition of small agricultural enterprises in Voronezh Oblast and show the differences between peasant (farming) enterprises and private subsidiary farms. The authors consider the changes in cattle stock in various forms of farms in Voronezh Oblast in 1981-2014 and make conclusions about the reduction of cattle stock on the basis of calculations. In farming enterprises a slight, but steady growth of cattle stock is observed. Dairy production in all types of farms has decreased by two times. At the same time, in households (previous personal subsidiary plot - PSP) there was an increase by 4.7%. Throughout those years a similar situation was observed in meat production as well. The authors calculated and assumed that in recent years there were no significant increases in animal production in households (PSP). The main reason for this is depletion of resource (territorial, labor and material) potential of small commodity production. Over the last four years (since 2012) the production of meat and milk in households (personal subsidiary plots) has been decreasing. On the basis of a questionnaire filled out by heads of private subsidiary farms the authors made conclusions about the degree of satisfaction in different spheres of life and development of industrial infrastructure. The article presents a detailed analysis of responses for each item of the questionnaire. The authors have defined the main directions of development of households (private subsidiary plots), government assistance and social security and made a conclusion that it is necessary to create production cooperatives in livestock industry, especially for dairy production. At the same time it was noted that in order to ensure high marketability of households (PSP) it is necessary to create a corresponding resource base.