Penza, 1 August 2013. PenzaNews. The farmers of the Penza region must learn and adopt the experience of European states in establishing cooperative societies in the agricultural sector. This opinion was expressed by the head of the region Vasily Bochkarev during a briefing held after visiting the agricultural infrastructure of Lopatinsky area.

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“Any private farming can be considered as a cooperative. And for the development of the agricultural businesses it is important to create and implement projects on cooperation of separate farms taking into account experience of European countries, such as Finland, France, which have achieved good results,” the governor said.

Vasily Bochkarev noted that cooperatives should be headed by creative, active people, who are able to manage the work of such enterprises professionally.

“Only then can we create effective production and achieve high indices to allow us working with the regional trade networks,” the governor stressed.