DEVELOPMENT OF FOOD AND PROCESSING INDUSTRIES OF THE REGION: BACKGROUND AND DIREC-TIONS
The article presents the results of a study of the features of the development of food and processing industries in an industrial region on an innovative basis. The main purpose of the study is to identify the features of the functioning of food and processing industries in the future. On the example of the Kemerovo region - Kuzbass, an analysis of land reclamation was carried out, trends in the reduction of agricultural land were identified, an assessment was made of the main directions for the development of food and processing industries in the region specializing in the extractive industry. The prospects for the development of the agro-industrial complex of the industrial region on the basis of the creation of the Association of industrial enterprises - investors in the food and processing industry are considered. Today, in industrial regions, a decisive factor in the development of the agro-industrial complex is investment in the food and processing industries, since the possibilities for expanding the volume of agricultural production are limited. In the current conditions of mining and the function-ing of manufacturing industries, the issue of land restoration is being updated and becomes paramount. The possibility of using these land resources for the functioning of the economy of industrial regions largely depends on the scale, sequence and timing of such work. At present, there is a need to develop an algorithm for creating an Association of industrial enterprises - investors in food and processing industries, which should be based on an innovative component and attracting investments from industrial enterprises operating in the region. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study was a systematic approach that made it possible to generalize the current state of development of food and processing industries in the industrial region, then, based on comparative, analytical, economic-statistical, and other methods, the main directions for the development of the agro-industrial complex of the industrial region were formulated and determined.