CONCERNING MODELS OF INTEGRATION INTERACTIONS IN THE AGRIFOOD COMPLEX
At the present stage of development of agro-industrial integration the holding-based model began to be used as the main form of integration interactions. Its essence is to minimize the profits of entities representing intermediate links of product chains, and to optimally allocate resources on the basis of concentration of functions of system management of all value chain elements in a special body coordinating the activities of entities that are part of the integrated formation. At present, holding-type integrated formations form the basis of the large commodity sector of the agrifood complex and ensure the country's food security by such types of agricultural products as grain, sunflower, sugar beet, milk, pork, poultry meat, and eggs. At the same time, it is noted that the potential for the development of this model of integration interactions in the agrifood complex has begun to outlive itself. As one of the promising models for organizing integration interactions in the agrifood complex, the authors propose to consider a product cluster, within which vertical and horizontal integration relations are established on the principles that create prerequisites for ensuring mutually beneficial interaction of entities integrated into value chains in localized territories and prerequisites for balancing their interests. The authors describe a set of theoretical and methodological provisions that determine the inner essence of the cluster model of organizing the system of integration interactions in the agrifood complex. It is concluded that the implementation of cluster policy in the agrifood complex requires not only an insight into the essence of intra-cluster interactions, but also an objective assessment of the conditions that allow initiating clustering processes and the formation of localized food clusters.