Economic relations between superlarge farming companies and small agricultural producers in Ukraine

The presented research is devoted to issues of development in Ukraine superlarge farming companies, to their relations with small agricultural producers and consequences for small agricultural producers. Research is lead on the basis of official data of the State committee of statistics of Ukraine and results of the survey 2006 that was conducted in 6 regions of the country. In the first part of the paper are considered the dynamics of increase an amount of superlarge farming companies in Ukraine, their territorial arrangement, specialization of production and other. Also is analyzed the efficiency of superlarge farming companies in comparison with other agricultural enterprises. The attention is also turned on operating conditions of superlarge farming companies concerning the concentration of the huge land areas. The second part of the document is devoted to the analysis of the smallest agricultural producers in Ukraine. The attention is turned on changes that occur with this category of agricultural producers and to their place in the agrarian market of the country. We investigated their resources and the structure of production. The final part of the document tells about relations between small agricultural producers and superlarge farming companies, influence of superlarge farming companies on employment and a living standard of rural residents. We have analyzed terms of land lease and prospects of rural residents. Our research is summed up with conclusions.