Program planning based on the project management principles in the agriculture

Currently, trends in the development of the agricultural sector of the Russian economy are determined by the processes of digital transformation of its branches, the tasks of breakthrough scientific, technological and social and economic development, and state strategic planning. The Executive orders of the President of the Russian Federation strengthen the role of project management in the priority sectors of the national economy, including agricultural production. The purpose of the research is to substantiate the directions for improving program-target planning in the implementation of state programs based on the principles of the project management. The article discusses the methodological aspects of the development and implementation of program planning based on the principles of project management in the agriculture in Russia. The article describes the domestic practice of program-target planning of agricultural production in the market conditions of the management. The main disadvantages of the program planning tools used in the system of state regulation of agricultural production are investigated. Special attention is paid to the target orientation of budget allocation. A model of territorial and sectoral cross-sections of program planning based on the principles of project management in the agriculture, including a system of elements of strategic state planning, has been developed. It is proved that the new management tools for state regulation of the agricultural sector, based on the project approach, will not only focus on the efforts of authorities at all levels to achieve concrete results in the implementation of state programs, but also transfer agricultural producers of various forms of management to the advanced level of development. The need to improve the mechanism for distributing state support within the framework of project management is argued. As an example, the experience of program-target planning based on the principles of project management in the agriculture of the Belgorod region is considered.