Importance In connection with the growing threats and challenges of post-crisis development of the Rostov region economy in the conditions of Russia's access to the WTO, there is a need to improve the competitiveness of the regional system of agriculture to ensure food security, and in the future to increase the export potential of the region. The relevance is determined by the fact that during the transition period of liberalization of export and import terms of trade in agriculture, while formulating a regional economic policy it is important to implement the related positive effects. Those effects include attracting investment, technologies and expansion of sales markets. Objective The paper's main goals are to define the main advantages and growth opportunities of agrarian and industrial complex of the Rostov region, to compose recommendations to ensure successful strategic development of the region. Methods In the article, we assess the potential of the Rostov region in the agro-industrial complex by using the economic-statistical methods, the methods of complex analysis, such as the SWOT analysis. Results The paper formulates the main directions and tools of strategic development of agro-industrial complex of the Rostov region, including the planned development of an institutional structure of agricultural production, provision of infrastructural facilities, development of material and technical and engineering base, chemicalization of agriculture, support of cooperation of agricultural producers, the organization of the centralized system of purchases from private households. Conclusions and Relevance We consider that the balanced regional policy, involving cluster organization of production, an optimization of territorial placement of elements of the logistics system, and the formation of special agro-industrial parks must serve as the key tool for strategic development of the agro-industrial complex of the Rostov region. The implementation of the proposed measures on the strategic development of agriculture of the Rostov region will contribute to increasing its competitiveness and investment attractiveness, which will have a positive impact on the overall socio-economic situation of the region.
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