OPTIMIZATION OF INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE OF AGRICULTURAL ORGANIZATIONS AS THE BASIS OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS
It is shown that the increase of agricultural production efficiency is an important factor that contributes to the positive development of social infrastructure of rural areas. The analysis of the indicators of social development of rural areas was conducted by the example of Northern forest-steppe zone of the Republic of Bashkortostan. An algorithm for optimization of industry structure in the system “agricultural organization – rural area” is proposed, in which individual agricultural organizations are treated as separate business entities. When developing optimization models, a scenario-based approach is used to substantiate various scenarios of long-term agricultural production development. It is proved that the rational determination of optimal production structure of crop and livestock farming organizations may significantly improve economic efficiency of agricultural production. Economic results of the optimization of industrial structure of agro-industry organizations at local level are presented. Practical implementation of developed models will enable creating the conditions for effective development of social sphere and infrastructure, the solutions of numerous social problems of rural areas, and improve living standards of the population.