Open AccessAgriculture Cooperatives in Lithuania: development issues
Author(s) -
Юлюс Раманаускас,
Julius Ramanauskas,
Римантас Сташис,
Rimantas Stays
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
russian journal of management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2500-1469
pISSN - 2409-6024
DOI - 10.12737/13107
Subject(s) - lithuanian , agriculture , realisation , business , state (computer science) , production (economics) , capital (architecture) , agricultural development , economic system , agricultural economics , economics , market economy , geography , philosophy , linguistics , physics , archaeology , algorithm , quantum mechanics , computer science , macroeconomics
The evolution of cooperation in Lithuanian agriculture during the past century is analysed in the paper. It was found that cooperation has greatly depended on farming conditions, traditions of communication, state policy with respect to the development of agriculture and cooperation, and various economic conditions. Particularly significant are the specific features of development during transition of economic conditions: weak agricultural structures (farmer’s farms, agricultural companies); the domination of share capital in the processing industry and commerce, and the insufficiency of agricultural and foodstuffs markets.
The basis of analysis in this paper are the theoretical preconditions for the principles of development of the activity of cooperatives. It was determined that most prospective preconditions for development of cooperation at present and in the near future emphasize the comparitive weight of the cost of production of raw materials, i.e. cooperatives of facilities, realisation, finance and representation of interests.