Agro-industrial integration in modern conditions

In the context of modern regional development strategies, much attention is paid to agriculture. Socio-economic development of most regions is impossible without active renewal by modern methods and approaches of the agricultural industry. The article discusses the integration processes of the agro-industrial complex. The information base of the study was made up of statistical materials of social and economic development of the regions of the Siberian Federal District. Economic methods of agricultural development analysis were used as research tools, as well as the method of calculating Grubel-Lloyd integration indicators. The first part of the article considers agro-industrial processes, which are the basis for improving the efficiency of the regions through the development of the agricultural industry, which is facilitated by integration processes. The second part of the article carries out calculations of integration processes and proposes an econometric approach to measuring the integration of agricultural enterprises on the basis of building ranks on the indicators of density, differentiation and interconnectedness of intraregional processes. Integration criteria of SFO regions were also calculated and justification of “necessity” and “possibility” of implementation of agro-industrial integration was fulfilled. On the basis of the presented material, qualitative reform of programs for the development of agro-industrial complexes is possible due to integration processes.