Recently, the implementation of innovation, scientific achievements and new technologies in business, has obtained a global nature, and is becoming one of the factors strengthening the competitiveness of business. However, innovation in the agricultural business, has carried out carefully and only in short-term prospects in the context of economic development. The aim – to explore the theoretical assumptions of business development in implementation of innovation and to define the opportunities for innovation development in agricultural business. The research methodology consists of: the theoretical analysis of assumptions about innovation in business development; and empirical analysis of the potentials of agriculture development and case study analysis of agricultural business. The investigation using the scientific literature and documentary sources; content analysis; participatory approach; and diagnostic methods of interconnections were carried out. The assumptions for the development of innovation in business and opportunities for innovation in agriculture development were defined.

The European Innovation Partnership in Agriculture (EIP-AGRI) was initiated by the European Commission for social benefits and the modernization of the overall economy through innovation. Better and faster results are expectingby fostering collaboration between scientists, agricultural advisors and farmers. The main problem is how to evaluate the effectiveness of innovation partnership projects in agriculture, with what indicators to define and measure it? To address this problem, a methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of innovation partnerships in agriculture hasneeded. This article presents the methodology of evaluation of the effectiveness of innovation partnership in agriculture, which details the selected evaluation indicators, determines their significance, and provides guidelines for the interpretation of the results of efficiency evaluation. The developed evaluation methodology has tested using the project data of EIP groups operating in Lithuania. The methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of innovation partnerships in agriculture is relevant fromboth a scientific and practical point of view.

Agricultural cooperatives are an integral part of the social economy; therefore, their successful development is undoubtedly significant to the economy of country. The article deals with the issues related to the opportunities for the funding of agricultural cooperatives and problems thereof that have a decisive impact on the development of their activities. The study identified the needs of agricultural cooperatives for the financing, estimated traditional and alternative possibilities for the financing of agricultural cooperatives, analysed and summarized the challenges and potential solutions that would enable to improve the funding in the future. It was found that internal sources of financing are especially crucial for the agricultural cooperatives, especially for small ones: retained earnings, depreciation and amortization of long-term assets, net profit and asset sales revenue. However, such financing method is effective only as long as the company operates profitably. In the event of difficulties, the internal resources are often insufficient. The study revealed that two main funding trends are separated in the space of EU multiple financial possibilities. One is traditional, appealing exclusively to financial logic, and the other is an alternative form of financing, obeying social and ethical rules. The analysis of the possibilities for the use of traditional forms of financing of rural development found that these methods are not always possible in rural areas due to small-scale projects, lack of guarantees, high-risk, high costs for the project review. It should be noted that the main traditional source of financing such as bank loans are becoming less accessible. The losses incurred by banking sector in 2008-2009 as well as changed attitude towards the risks led to a significant change in lending policy. Agricultural cooperatives face the problem of financing, as the main banks in th.

Straipsnyje įvertinta valstybės finansinės paramos formų: gamybos subsidijų, investicinės paramos ir paramos žinių sklaidai įtaka Lietuvos ūkininkų pelnui. Straipsnyje daroma prielaida, kad vietoje tiesioginės paramos – gamybos subsidijų ir investicinės paramos – ūkininkų ūkiams būtų efektyvesnė parama žinių sklaidai.

Tarpukario Lietuvos žemės reforma prasidėjo ir vyko labai sparčiai. Ši reforma nemaža kaimo žmonių padarė ūkininkais. Svarbus reformos eigos bruožas – smulkūs ir vidutiniai ūkiai labai sparčiai diegė technines technologijas, mokslines naujoves. Reforma – jos autorius prelatas M. Krupavičius – buvo istorinės reikšmės Lietuvos įvykis, pakeitęs į gerą pusę daugelio kaimo žmonių gyvenimą, sustiprinęs Lietuvos valstybę ekonomine, politine prasme.