Abstract
Aim – analysis of the current state and identification of the main reasons hindering the development of cooperation of small businesses in agro-industrial complex of Kazakhstan based on the example of Almaty region. It is important to unite the efforts of agricultural producers to protect their interests, share land, machinery, equipment and provide basic production means. Methods – analytical, economic-statistical, monographic, calculation-constructive. Results – assessment of the current state of agricultural cooperatives in the republic and Almaty region, their development trends was carried out. The dynamics of growth and reduction of their number in the context of the regions of the republic and districts of Almaty region is presented. Also the number of livestock, the volume of agricultural production are shown from 2017 to 2021. The main reasons hindering their development have been studied; potential opportunities and priority directions for strengthening agricultural cooperatives have been identified. Conclusions – on the basis of the obtained data, the solution of the existing problems of agriculture and agro-industrial complex as a whole is justified. Among the necessary measures, we include the unification of small peasant, private farms and households, which will contribute to the efficient use of land, production, labor and other agricultural resources. It is also important to develop infrastructure in the countryside, the system for promoting products "from the field to the counter". The special role of cooperating small forms of business lies in the prospects for increasing the incomes of the rural population, which is a priority of socio-economic policy of the state and one of the tasks of the National Project on Development of AIC RK for 2021-2025.