Economic analysis and justification of the directions of innovative development of the Krasnodar region’ agroeconomics

The analysis of the current state of the agricultural economy of the Krasnodar region is conducted, and the priority directions of its innovative development are substantiated, including the increase in the productivity of livestock and crop production sectors, the level of technical and technological equipment of production and the effectiveness of state support for commodity producers. The necessity of restoration and development of branch science is noted with the intensification of the processes of its integration with private capital, education, and production. A critically high dependence of commodity producers on imported seeds of high-yielding varieties and hybrids of individual crops has been established and recommendations have been formulated to reduce it. It has been established that the most problematic subsectors that hamper the implementation of the import substitution program in the region are the meat and dairy cattle breeding sectors, which require their primary improvement. The necessity of developing the livestock breeding as an important factor of preservation and restoration of soil fertility in the region due to growth of production volumes and application of organic fertilizers, as well as expansion of the area of sowings of perennial and annual grasses, is substantiated in the paper. It is noted that an important direction to improve the efficiency of the agro-economy of the region is to strengthen the system of its state support and the development of small forms of management with deepening the processes of cooperation and integration.