Assessment of technological development and intensity of innovative activity of the agro-industrial complex of the region

The article presents the results of the assessment of technological development and intensity of innovative activity of the agro-industrial complex of the region. The team of authors substantiates the relevance and importance of implementing the technology leadership strategy in the current competitive environment and turbulence of macroeconomic factors under the influence of geopolitical instability, diagnoses the technical support of the agro-industrial complex of the Kursk region, considers the indicators of technological development of the regional agro-industrial complex, analyzes the dynamics of costs for innovative activities in the agro-industrial complex Kursk region, the level of innovative activity of agricultural enterprises in the region is assessed. The paper concludes that the implementation of the technological leadership strategy based on the growth of innovative activity will not only contribute to improving the efficiency of agricultural production, but will create prerequisites for the formation of technological sovereignty of the domestic agro-industrial complex. At the moment, the authors assess the degree of technological development and innovative activity in the agro-industrial complex of the region under consideration as average, but at the same time a number of positive trends have been recorded that allow us to look to the future with optimism. The results of the study can be used by regional authorities to adjust programs to stimulate the development of the agro-industrial complex in order to expand its innovative potential and form a sustainable trajectory of technological leadership. In addition, the presented diagnostics of the innovative activity of the regional agro-industrial complex will act as an up-to-date information base for the search for growth poles to increase the efficiency of agricultural production in the medium-term management horizon.