The article deals with the problems of forming a system of agricultural consumer cooperatives in the Russian Federation. Currently, the situation is characterized by slow development of cooperative forms of management. The study identified the main reasons that negatively affect the development of agricultural cooperation: the fragmentation of rural producers and cooperatives; the lack of sales markets and logistics chains for the sale of products; the lack of agricultural land suitable for farming; imperfect regulatory and legislative support; lack of effective support programs; high competition from medium and large businesses. For the functioning of the system of agricultural consumer cooperatives in Russia, it is necessary to: review the current legislation regarding the distribution of profits among members of the cooperative, create programs to support agricultural producers formed taking into account the specifics of the region and the maximum concentration of production, consider the possibility of transferring to project financing.

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