Assessment of Economic Efficiency in the State Support of Economic Innovation in Agriculture

Abstract

Agriculture is a priority sector of the Russian economy. Focusing on the task of improving the living standards of the population and ensuring the country's food security, the State is constantly improving the tools of the state backing for agricultural goods producers, increasing budget funds for implementing government programs. It updates the issues of evaluating the effectiveness of subsidies and the efficient use of budget funds. Currently, in the field of agriculture the State seeks to support those entities which are implementing investment programs to modernize production and set innovations. According to the analysis of existing methods, effectiveness of the State influence on the innovative development of agriculture can be estimated by using various indicators. In most cases general outcome measures are offered, accumulating in themselves the effect of innovations or traditional indexes of effectiveness. However, for the practical purposes of evaluation and public administration, more specific indicators are required, taking into consideration both the features of the innovation process and the industry itselfagriculture. In the article proprietary technology for assessing the effectiveness of the State support measures for innovation processes is offered, it is based on the use of agricultural production innovative development indicators and benchmarks in the region and the technology is structured in its main priority areas. The presented technology will make it possible to assess the degree of innovativeness of the region's agricultural entities and to develop necessary measures for further development of the State support for innovation.