Zaporozhtseva  L. A.

The relevance of the topic. Considering that the potential of the holding model of agro-industrial integration is almost exhausted, it becomes urgent to search for a new model for organizing integration interactions in order to transfer the agri-food complex to a qualitatively new level of development. Goal. Study of development models of the agri-food complex and determination of a promising form of agro-industrial integration. Methodology. Systematic approach to the subject area being studied, dialectical, abstract-logical and monographic methods of economic research. Results and conclusions. Provisions are substantiated that reflect the conditions for the transition to a cluster model of organizing a system of integration interactions in the agri-food complex, the main of which are: the presence of a stable set of interacting entities and the preservation of their economic independence; allocation of one main product line and additional industries; ensuring explicit localization of the economic space of the cluster; creation of a mechanism for consolidating the interests of entities competing with each other; achieving a certain level of development of public-private partnerships; the presence of mechanisms that ensure flexibility in the system of intersubjective interactions; ensuring a balance of economic interests of subjects involved in the system of integration interactions; the formation of economic clusters is carried out in the course of the natural evolution of the system of integration interactions. Scope of application. Practice of integration interactions in the agricultural sector.