The econometric model for assessing the economic category of a Russian farmer entrepreneur in terms of the "Innovator vs. Conservative" system

• Published in: Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research (JEECAR)
• Main Authors: Semin, Alexander, Kislitskiy , Mikhail
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Eastern Europe and Central Asia 2020
• Subjects: agriculture; farmers; entrepreneurs; innovators; conservatives; Russia; innovative development; Arkhangelsk; Yakutia
• Online Access: http://ieeca.org/journal/index.php/JEECAR/article/view/597; https://doi.org/10.15549/jeecar.v7i3.597

The slowdown in agricultural growth in Russia determines the development of an innovation base for expanding exports. Therefore, the formation of a new social class of farmers-entrepreneurs, focused on the implementation of innovative activities, becomes relevant. The aim of the study was to develop an econometric model for assessing the economic types of farmers-entrepreneurs according to the system “innovator versus conservative” using the example of the agro-industrial complex. The questionnaire method was used to determine the levels of innovative development of the respondents. The survey was conducted from October 2017 to December 2019; 900 farmers from Tver, Kursk, Tambov, Penza, Arkhangelsk, Kurgan, Leningrad regions, as well as Yakutia took part in it. Using the method of cluster analysis, all classes (categories) of farmers-entrepreneurs are determined by the level of innovation. Depending on the type of enterprise, classification functions of farmers have been developed