ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL REGULATION ACTIVITIES OF AGRICULTURAL SERVICE COOPERATIVES BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT BODIES

The article examines the problems of administrative and legal regulation of agricultural service cooperatives by local governments, in particular, the formation of the latter regulatory framework for regulating the activities of small agricultural producers (private farms, individuals, farmers), which currently do not have adequate state support. the reason for the transformation of legislation. The need for organizational and legal participation of local authorities in the formation of the cooperative segment of the agricultural market and in overcoming the existing problems of cooperatives, including: weak material base, lack of qualified personnel, lack of awareness of farmers in the benefits of joint efforts, etc. An analysis of regulations on research (laws of Ukraine «On Agricultural Cooperation» and «On Local Self-Government in Ukraine» and found that the basic principles of administrative and legal support of cooperatives by local governments are the formation of local regulations (programs), which form a favorable environment for purchasing and marketing activities of such cooperatives and their provision of other services for effective activities in the relevant territorial community of agricultural producers of all organizational and legal forms. The analysis of the real state of affairs on the development of service cooperatives in rural areas within the territories of rural territorial communities the process of creation of cooperatives is slow and unstable. Vectors of administrative and legal formation by local governments of programs of improvement of functioning and development are offered cooperatives and substantiated the prospects for the development of the agricultural sector from the implementation of such programs.