PROBLEMS OF INNOVATION ADVANCE INTO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
The article presents the results of investigation conducted by the authors in the agricultural sector of the Siberian Federal District to identify the main reasons that hinder the innovation development. The most important reasons are the following: the reduction in the number of consumers of an innovative product (due to the reduction in agricultural organizations, in particular profitable ones, and households), low effective demand for agricultural producers, the lack of state's attention to expertise innovative products proposed to production and to diversification of agricultural production, the lack of effective mechanisms to promote innovations. Areas of innovations most popular for agricultural production are identified. Examples of innovation development in animal husbandry and in the field of flax production and processing in Altai are shown. The authors propose measures of state support for the promotion of innovative products offered by academic institutions. These measures include the joint work of business and regional authorities on the selection of appropriate innovation necessary to a region, and compensation of costs of their purchasing by scientific institutions from the federal budget (to agricultural producers from the regional budget).