Priority areas of formation of the regional innovation infrastructure in the agricultural industrial complex
Objective. The article aims to prove that effectiveness of agricultural enterprises depends on their state and innovative infrastructure development. Methodology. The authors use both general and specific research methods such as system analysis applied to various socio-economic subsystems. Results. The authors pay attention to the nowadays destinations of agriculture, identify the problems of the area including the ones at the regional level, analyse the system of collective use centres, R&D and industrial laboratories, university departments of innovation functioning as transfers of technologies in the region with agricultural specialisation - the Volgograd region. The authors emphasise that the fast growth of the significant indexes of an enterprise's effectiveness is possible via development of innovative infrastructure. Conclusion. Agricultural production is one of the key economic activities in the Volgograd region. Agriculture has a huge impact on the economic and social state of the region. Currently, the positive industrial dynamics was realised due to increase in the production volumes at the leading agricultural and processing companies. The increase in the significant indexes of production allowed increasing the competitiveness of the regional agricultural areas based on the stimulating instruments and the integration methods of innovation aimed at the formation of conditions for regional economy renewal.