The Conceptual Model of Innovative Development of Industrial Gardening

Abstract

In Russia, there is a significant problem of ensuring food security and import substitution in the market of horticultural products. Practical suggestions for improving the innovation process in horticulture regarding enhancing the activation of the macroeconomic conditions for its provision can be used by state and economic management bodies with a view to the overall qualitative transformation of agriculture on the basis of its consistent intensification. The features of the innovative development of horticulture are determined by the general specifics of farming in this vital branch of agriculture, associated with the high capital intensity of production, the unproductive period before many horticultural crops come into fruition, therefore, the investment payback periods, the organization of the technological process, etc. In the approach to new scientific and technical developments, the development of innovations in the production cycle of agricultural enterprises, it is important to consider that perennial plantations, being the main means of production in agriculture, have significant spatial-attributive differentiation (territorial, varietal, age, and also have different cultures, long periods of economic use). A characteristic feature of orchards and berry gardens is that the land occupied under them cannot be used for other purposes (except decorative gardening), except for the production of certain types of products, for many years. Only their innovative renewal is capable of ensuring the efficient use of other fixed assets and working capital of horticulture, which determines their decisive role in highly productive and efficient industry management. The conceptual model of innovative development provides for the development of an innovative gardening infrastructure in the form of the creation of a selection genetic center and a reference center as a scientific base and an innovation transfer center on the basis of research institutes. The innovative vector of industry development in Russia will make it possible to adequately fill the need for horticultural products, ensure the growth of crop production exports and the development of the agricultural sector as a whole.