THE INFLUENCE OF AGRICULTURAL HOLDINGS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS

The paper deals with the effect of concentration of agricultural holdings of farmland on the development of rural areas. The analysis of this problem has revealed a number of problems of social and environmental nature. Sustainable tendency to increase the concentration holdings of farmland does not have a proper positive impact on the development of rural areas. It has been noted that there are no effective mechanisms of influence on agricultural holdings of public authorities and local governments. The situation of increasing the area of agricultural land of farms of Myrhorod district of Poltava oblast, within the vertically-integrated companies has been studied. The mechanism of agricultural holdings’ involvement in territorial cluster to establish the cooperation on the implementation of social, economic, and environmental community projects has been proposed. It has proved the necessity of the consolidation of social responsibilities of agricultural holdings to support rural communities at the legislative level, where the companies use farm land for their work.