Formation of competitive advantages of agricultural enterprises in modern economic conditions

The theoretical aspects of the competitive advantages of agricultural enterprises of Ukraine in modern conditions are studied. Analyzed the dynamics of the production of main types of agricultural products for 2010-2016. The list of factors that affect the functioning of enterprises of the agricultural sector has been determined. It was proposed to achieve the following in order to achieve competitive advantages of medium and small business in agriculture: the state conducts a fair and effective agrarian policy, taking into account foreign experience; horizontal integration with the same enterprises and personal peasant farms in order to create processing and marketing cooperatives that will reduce the monopolistic influence of large enterprises and provide an opportunity to increase the level of product differentiation as one of the sources of competitive advantage; use the latest technology that will ensure the achievement of competitive advantages by improving the efficiency of the use of available resources.