Development of Cooperative Farming: Pattern Leads to Haulers

Maria P. Antonova – Leading Researcher of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Moscow, Russia), PhD. E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Alexandra A. Potapova – Junior Researcher of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (Moscow, Russia). E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Competence centers in the sphere of agricultural cooperation and assistance to farmers are being set up in various RF regions. Research done by RANEPA experts has demonstrated that the mechanism itself for the creation of such centers and the ideology of their formation can require adjustment.

Key words: agricultural cooperation, employees’ competence, competence centers, Federal project.