The article shows the researching technique of correlation between initial adaptation of rural areas to the market and a modern level of agricultural production. It represents crossing of two typologies: based on initial adaptation to the market (1990#1995) and according to modern level of agricultural production economic development. Approbation of the technique allowed to estimate economic policy efficiency carried out by farms in the first half of the 90th and to draw conclusions on scales of preservation of rural areas inefficient economic structure in the Altai Territory.

Key words: sustainable development, rural areas, adaptation to the market, typology, agricultural production