Food fairs as a form of integration of rural and urban areas

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Abstract

The article shows the role of relatively new channels for the Russian economy for the sale of agricultural and food products in the conditions of achieving food security, increasing production volumes, the resource potential of farms and households in rural areas, the problems of rural employment. It is proved that food fairs are an additional channel for the sale of agricultural and food products for farmers and households, providing high-quality and cheaper food products to urban residents, help solve the problems of employment of the rural population and high-quality food provision of urban residents, in the process of development become a form of integration of the interests of rural and urban areas. The role of organic agriculture and state support for its development is highlighted, mechanisms of farmer cooperation are proposed to achieve an accelerated effect from the integration of interaction between rural and urban areas. The development of organic agriculture in the Altai Territory as a strategic branch of the regional economy, food fairs as an additional and promising channel for the sale of agricultural, organic products is substantiated.