The role of entrepreneurship, cooperation and agro-industrial integration in the development of rural areas

The purpose of the article is to identify the necessary organizational and economic components of cooperation, integration and entrepreneurship in ensuring sustainable development of rural areas. Research methods. Methods used: historical, monographic and abstract-logical in the formation of the categories "entrepreneurship", "cooperation" and "integration"; comparison, economic and comprehensive analysis in determining the categories, unemployment rate and the role of entrepreneurship in increasing employment; statistical and economic - in determining the effectiveness of entrepreneurial activity and prospects for transformation processes in the development of the agricultural economy. Research results. It has been proved that entrepreneurship is an integral part of the stable development of the agrarian economy based on integration and cooperation. The parameters of changes in the functioning of transformational structures in the countryside are determined and a forecast for the future is given in the conditions of achieving the goal of developing rural areas. Scientific novelty. The directions of the formation of entrepreneurial structures for the period up to 2025 have been determined. Clarification of measures and principles that will be put into the development of transformation processes. Practical significance. The applied aspects of the study can be taken into account when developing programs for the development of rural areas and the formation of integration structures, will ensure the effective participation of the state aimed at supporting the development of the agricultural sector of the economy. Tabl.: 5. Figs.: 4. Refs.: 29.