Factors of innovative development of agriculture in the Russian Federation

The authors analyzed the factors influencing the development of innovative activity in agriculture of Russia, identified in the process of searching for effective measures to stabilize and improve the situation in the industry. A brief history and the most common definitions of the terms "innovation", "innovative development", "diffusion of innovations", etc., including in relation to the field of agriculture, are considered. The factors of increasing the investment attractiveness of the industry and the features of their manifestation, as well as the role of geoinformation technologies, systems and modeling are determined.