The purpose of the article is to reveal the essence and significance of wages as an economic category in the context of the development of agricultural entrepreneurship; to investigate the state, causes, consequences of wages in agricultural production. Research methods. In the course of the research, the following methods were used: - a systematic approach to determining the essence of wages; comparison, harmonization in the analysis of entrepreneurial activity; statistical, to determine the components of wages; grouping, to determine the interdependencies of factors affecting the structure of remuneration. Research results. The essence of the process of formation of wages as a component of socio-economic categories according to its bi-directional nature is revealed. The structure of wages has been formed depending on the profit of the enterprise and its functions according to reproduction, stimulating, optimization, regulatory and social principles. The analysis of the dynamics of average wages, labor costs in the production of agricultural products, labor productivity and the demographic state of rural areas is carried out. Scientific novelty. The theoretical provisions in the system-conceptual approach to the constituents and factors of the formation of the wage system in its bi-directional essence were further developed. The directions of increasing wages are indicated, measures are proposed to solve this problem. Practical significance. Proposals for increasing wages in agricultural production are substantiated on the basis of state policy on technical and technological modernization of agricultural production, support for livestock industries, ensuring the development of small family farms, peasant cooperatives, as well as non-agricultural small and medium-sized businesses Tabl.: 3. Figs.: 6. Refs.: 34.
Factors Affecting the Development of Agricultural Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas (Case Study: Selsele City)