Conceptual issues of management of sectoral territorial differentiation of the region
The article presents the results of the study of theoretical and methodological aspects of the assessment of territorial differentiation of regional agricultural production, its essence and a set of conditioning indicators are clarified. The assessment of the functioning of agriculture in the Vologda region (26 municipal districts), including the results of a survey of heads of agricultural organizations, was carried out. In order to study the regional differentiation of agricultural production and determine growth points on the materials of the Vologda region for 2020, their typological groupings were performed (cluster analysis by the method of «averages» in the program package «STATISTICA 10») based on a set of 33 economic indicators characterizing the availability of resources and the results of production activities. As a result, four groups of districts were identified. The study, in general, deepens the systematic mapping of agricultural production development in rural areas, which will allow us in the future to develop a scientifically based set of directions, measures, tools of state management of agricultural production to smooth territorial differentiation, as well as to improve the logistics system. The practical significance of the conducted research is due to the empirical testing of its main provisions in terms of: development and implementation of a database (certificate of state registration of the database № 2021621269 dated 15.06.2021) for monitoring the level of territorial differentiation of agricultural production, designed for operational and objective decision-making in the management of regional sectoral policy. Also, the obtained research results, their scientific and practical significance, the universality of the methodological approaches and recommendations used were used as part of the adjustment of the State Program «Development of the agro-industrial complex and the consumer market of the Vologda Region» (certificate of implementation № 02-3783/21 dated 16.06.2021).