Information and consulting support for the subjects of the regional agro-industrial complex

The study analyzes the consulting assistance provided to Russian agricultural producers at the regional level in the current economic situation. It is shown that information and consulting support is a specific format of agricultural consulting, and its principal feature is the gratuitous basis for the provision of services. The necessity of creating a centralized system of this support in the foreseeable future, which allows increasing labor productivity in the agro-industrial complex and the economic efficiency of agricultural production, is substantiated.