INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL AGRIBUSINESS IN THE VOLGOGRAD REGION: TRENDS AND PREDICTIVE MODELING
The paper presents the results of a scientific and practical analysis of the problems of innovative development of small agricultural formations of the Volgograd region, caused by the scientific, technical and technological transformation of world and Russian agriculture within the framework of agro-industrial complex 4.0. The research is based on the author's concept of the interdependence of the lability of entrepreneurial subjects of small agricultural production on the intensity of the process of introducing innovations into their economic activities. The authors attempted to build a model of sustainable development of small agro-formations taking into account the rapidly changing conditions of agro-industrial production, the introduction of digital, cognitive, nano- and biotechnologies, changes in the agri-food market and the emergence of new preferences among consumers of agricultural products