Considering the ways of development in modern agriculture the authors emphasize the lack of theoretical elaboration of problems from the standpoint of modern economic theory, particularly in the economic analysis of a spatial factor , which plays a leading role in agriculture. To do this it is necessary not only to analyze the problems modern cooperative and family farming is facing, but to use the theoretical basis created by scientists who have a deep insight of the problem, due to their study of agriculture in different historical periods. This article discusses the theoretical approach to the typology of economic systems, developed by А. Chayanov, and offers the author’s model of multifunctional family and cooperative farming, which can become a basis for sustainable development of the agrarian sector in Russia. Key words: .

cooperation, agrarian economy, multifunctional family agriculture, agrarian rent, cooperative farming

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