The relevance of the research topic lies in the importance of development of small agribusiness entities for increasing production of agricultural products, increasing the level of employment and income of the rural population, solving social problems of the village. The system of public support measures for agricultural sector, developed by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan as part of the implementation of the State Program on AIC Development for 2017- 2021, which includes subsidizing production costs, property insurance, preferential taxation, investment subsidies for construction of facilities or their modernization, subsidizing the repayment of the interest rate for concessional lending. The article analyzes the main technical and economic indicators: gross agricultural output by type of activity; structure of agricultural crops, their yield, incl. in small-scale commodity farms of the republic, including general harvest of grain and oilseeds. The authors have developed proposals for the use of a new financial instrument - an agricultural receipt, which allows investors (creditors) to finance agricultural production and sale of goods in small business structures; recommendations for exemption from income tax for a period of three years for taxpayers applying special tax regimes, improving lending to agricultural enterprises by commercial banks, mechanisms that allow in the future to reduce the amount of funds allocated from the state budget to support the industry. It is concluded that the further development of small business structures in AIC and their public support will improve socio-economic processes of the formation and functioning of all forms of family farms on the basis of meeting the needs of the population for food; to increase the employment rates of rural residents, taking into account the development of alternative directions based on cooperation and integration.