AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION: FOREIGN EXPERIENCE FOR UKRAINE

The advanced experience in development of cooperation in the agrarian sector of foreign countries was summarized, prospects for its implementation in Ukraine was outlined. Regularities and development trends of the cooperation system in the leading countries has been researched. The article demonstrates the necessity of the formulization and implementation of theoretical foundations and practical recommendations for the creation and development of cooperative groups, based on the foreign and domestic experience in view of the current economic, social and political situation in the countryside. It was also determined the tendencies of the development of cooperative processes in the agricultural sector of Ukraine. There are defined advantages of the creation of cooperative societies and advantages of their functioning in Ukraine, based on the international experience. A critical estimation of the state of agrarian cooperation in Ukraine has been made, the causes hindering its development are identified, and there are substantiated proposals concerning the prospects of the domestic agricultural cooperation under conditions of the globalization and European integration.