Sketches for the farm project: An Altai palette

Штрихи к фермерскому проекту: алтайская палитра

Fadeeva, Olga (Фадеева, Ольга) ()
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Fadeeva, Olga (Фадеева, Ольга): Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences

Russian Peasant Studies, 2018, vol. 3, 141-173

Abstract: The article considers a wide range of challenges in the implementation of the “farm project” in Russia. The author refers to the initial assumptions of the Chayanov’s theory of family-labor economy to identify objective difficulties and results of the development of farming in Russia. Based on the state statistics and two All-Russian agricultural censuses, the article presents key trends in the development of peasant (farm) economy as compared to other economic actors. The author conducted interviews with farmers, business leaders and representatives of local authorities in a rural district of the Altai Region in 2013–2017. The results of these field studies are presented as a “Kulunda case”, which allowed to identify some typical success and failure stories. The farmers’ stories prove that the family-consumer orientation limits development opportunities and in many cases determines the cessation of farming; while the entrepreneurial and creative motivation prevails in the stories of successful farmers. Successful family-labor farms are gradually turning into family-entrepreneurial and hire employees. Such farms accumulate and provide their heirs with both tangible and intangible assets, primarily in the form of unique local knowledge, which is the main factor of sustainable family business and its further development.

Keywords: farm project; agrarian reform in Russia; farmers’ stories; the Altai Region (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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