PROBLEMS AND DIRECTIONS OF STATE REGULATION OF AGRICULTURE
The article deals with General issues and main directions of state regulation of the agricultural sector, current directions of state policy in accordance with the State program for the development of agriculture and regulation of agricultural products, raw materials and food markets. The functioning of agriculture in modern Russia in conditions complicated by social and economic factors has a significant impact on the socio-economic sphere of state life. In the current conditions, the objective necessity of state regulation becomes especially important for the preservation of society. From the specifics and features of the state's development, a development concept is formed that defines the goals and objectives of state regulation. The selection of goals and setting clear objectives for setting the vectors of state regulation are critical moments for economies in transition, where opposing currents of supporters of gradualism and so-called "shock therapy" arise. The gradualist approach is characterized by goals aimed at ensuring the stabilization of production, the desire to preserve the production potential and, as a result, the level of employment. The goal of shock therapy is to minimize the influence of the state on the mechanisms of regulating economic processes, achieve stabilization at the macroeconomic level, and ensure equal economic conditions for enterprises and firms. The functioning of almost one third of the sectors of the national economy depends on the agricultural sector of the economy as one of the most important elements of the state's economy. In addition, the volume of food supply to the population, the socio-economic situation in the country as a whole, directly depends on the development of the agro-industrial complex. Market relations established in the agro-industrial complex failed to stabilize production and improve the country's food supply. There is no single mechanism for state regulation of agricultural production. Nevertheless, the agro-industrial complex acts as a donor for other sectors of the state's economy, despite the bad situation within it.