Aim - scientific justification of the criteria for ensuring food security of the Republic of Kazakhstan - one of the multifaceted aspects of international and national character, related to many social groups of the population.
Methods - analytical, comparative analysis, economic and statistical, cause and effect.
Results - the article reveals the state, problems and solution of the food issue in the country. The authors note that in the last decade agricultural production of the republic has been steadily developing. This made it possible to increase the level of food supply to the population. In the previous 6 years alone, the growth in agricultural production per capita ranged from 6.3% to 2.5 times. However, this does not allow for the consumption of certain types of food according to scientifically based nutritional standards. The economic policy in agri-food sector is also determined by the supply of imported food products. The article shows which products of the agro-industrial complex Kazakhstan is dependent on other states. The level of its export is analyzed; the main reasons holding back this process are summarized.
Conclusions – at present, a significant share of agricultural production falls on a private backyard, which is characterized by low quality raw materials, which makes it difficult to process it in accordance with international standards, and the productivity of industries. The agricultural sector of the country is poorly equipped with material and technical resources. Large areas of farmland are located in reserve lands, their development would contribute to a 2-fold increase in meat production and the solution of employment problems. Measures are needed to increase support for agricultural producers, primarily on the basis of subsidies, and to expand funding for scientific research. A stable food situation is one of the conditions for the reliability of the system of economic, social and environmental parameters that determine the quality of life and are, in essence, indicators of the effectiveness of public administration.

The goal is to analyze the current state of agricultural sector in Kazakhstan, identify problems and develop proposals for its development in a pandemic.
Methods - a systematic approach, functional, collection and generalization of facts, statistical and economic.
Results - features of the functioning of agricultural market of the republic in terms of COVID-19 were considered. Actual data of the impact of the global pandemic on the volume of agricultural production, level of prices, the amount of demand for food, export and import of products, the effectiveness of agricultural policy are presented. The situation, difficulties and complications caused by bad weather conditions in the summer of 2021, as well as diseases of animals and poultry are reflected. There have been brakes in “agriculture-industry” chain, disruption of supplies from other countries due to border closures and deviations in the work of logistics channels. The authors point to the reasons for the decline in public and private investments to the agro-industrial complex. The inertial type of the industry is shown in terms of the typology of sensitivity to reform and independent development, which determines the low efficiency of the implementation of the State programs in the situation with the coronavirus.
Conclusions - at present, in order to reduce risks, it is necessary to support small enterprises and farms, which, to a greater extent than large enterprises, have reduced sales volumes and are characterized by the unstable financial situation. In agricultural sector, attention should be paid to production of high quality organic food; it is important to expand competition on the agri-food market through cooperative trade and distribution using digital platforms as an alternative to large retail chains.

The goal is to study the organizational and economic aspects of investment design for effective management and stimulation of activities in agro-industrial complex of Kazakhstan.
Methods - bibliometric, grouping and generalization, observation, synthesis and comparative analysis.
Results - a review of primary sources on optimization of investment management projects was carried out. An assessment of the socio-economic situation in the country in the context of the COVID- 19 pandemic is presented. There is an increase in agricultural production (crop and livestock sectors). The share of investments in agricultural sector in the structure of "Investments in fixed assets" for the last 9 years has been determined. Forms and measures of public support for agricultural producers in the field of project financing based on subsidies, preferential taxation, and provision of customs duties are generalized. The implementation of investment projects in the regions of the republic is shown. Emphasis is placed on distribution of investments and the need to introduce new information technologies, digital systems in the creation of processing plants, farms, greenhouses. The state of the main types of machinery and equipment is analyzed, and a high degree of wear is indicated.
Conclusions - investment design allows to estimate the size of the required investments, calculate the economic feasibility and take into account possible threats. The assessment of business projects related to the investment of funds should be based on their classification. For investment purposes: ensuring an increase in the products volume, expanding their range, improving the quality of products and services, updating economic activities of agricultural enterprise, reducing cost of goods and services. To minimize risks, the management of an economic entity should be focused on anticipating unfavorable situations and taking preventive measures. Proposals and recommendations on the implementation of investment programs (an increase in the size of government funding, an increase in the availability of lending resources for agricultural producers, introduction of new technologies) were developed.

In the conditions of hard competition of market economy, the relevant task is to ensureч the effective functioning of agricultural entrepreneurship. It is quite difficult to solve it by increasing the volume of used natural resources due to their limited character, which requires the search for alternative ways of sustainable development of agricultural production, deepening scientific research based on digitalization. Purpose - the article examines aspects of integrational interaction between agribusinesses and science, its level and features, economically justified effect.
Methods - monographic, comparison and analogy, situational analysis and synthesis, systemic.
Results - the study reflects the practical experience of the relationship between agricultural science and enterprises of the agro-industrial complex. It is noted that integration ensures close cooperation of organizational and economic structures united by common technological processes and stages of reproduction of the final product: obtaining agricultural raw materials, storage, processing, selling, and servicing. The use of digital technologies ensures an increase in the scale of production of high-quality and competitive products, decrease in production costs and sale of goods, and priority investment areas.
Conclusions - consolidation of agricultural business structures and scientific achievements is a dynamic multicomponent mechanism. There is no doubt that the connection between scientific activity and practice based on informatization leads to the increase in the scientific and innovative potential of the Kazakhstani AIC and the country's economy. The success of the transition to the innovative model of agro-industrial production in Kazakhstan largely depends on the efficiency of functioning of research and development sphere and, above all, the rate and quality of transferring their results into practical use by agricultural producers.

The relevance of the topic is determined by the importance of using digital technologies in livestock production industry, which make it possible to increase the profitability of agricultural sector through targeted cost optimization and more efficient allocation of funds.
The goal is to assess the current state of digitalization in livestock production in the republic, to identify its advantages and main directions of development.
Methods – analysis, systematization, accumulation and selection of facts, determination of the links between them.
Results - animal control system, mechanism of their identification, processes of automation and robotization of production stages are shown. Target indicators are analyzed: increasing production volumes, reducing costs and increasing its efficiency, labor productivity, improving the quality of products, reducing the negative impact on the environment. A SWOT analysis was carried out to identify the strengths and weaknesses of digital transformation in this area, as well as the possibilities of threats from the external environment. The experience of using digital processes in obtaining livestock products in the Akmola region has been studied.
Conclusions - information systems should be integrated with veterinary services into a public-private platform in order to control the management of business entities and the complete production cycle of products. Digital programs will allow solving food security issues, as well as improving the living standards of the rural population. The fundamental features of digitalization in agriculture will ensure the competitiveness of the domestic livestock complex, attract investment, reduce the incidence of diseases in livestock, and produce high-quality food products.

The goal is to reveal the essence of the "green" economy, mechanisms and factors that determine the process of transition to environmentally oriented model, a new vector of sustainable development.
Methods - analysis, comparison, systematization, study and generalization of information.
Results - domestic and foreign research works on institutional factors contributing to the creation of ecosystems have been studied. The authors proposed the formulation of the most accurate and capacious modern definition of the mechanism for production of environmentally friendly products. The article is devoted to the study of the main aspects of the "green" economy, according to which the activities of enterprises should be aimed at the rational use of natural resources and preservation of natural diversity. The possibility of its relationship with the specifics of the activities of economic entities of the agro-industrial complex has been revealed. Attention is focused on the reasons for their low innovative activity in agricultural sector. An economic analysis of the indicators of agricultural entities, including those with State participation, was done in reorientation aimed to reduce environmental risks.
Conclusions – the following actions are needed: transformations from the extensive export-raw-material type of economic development to the environmentally balanced one, structural and technological changes, sustainable pricing, elimination of ineffective subsidies, public procurement, increased public investment in infrastructure, the use of preferential lending to agricultural enterprises, regardless of ownership, which effectively implement environmental protection, introduction of special taxation of environmentally harmful agricultural products, as well as the products which are produced using hazardous technologies. Conservation of ecosystem services increases social security and increases the income of the rural population. It is required to develop agro-technological measures to produce organic food, taking into account the climatic conditions of the regions.

The current state of development of the agro-industrial complex in Kazakhstan is characterized by insufficient degree of application of innovations that ensure large-scale production in this area. High risks, low level of profitability of the industry and regional peculiarities impede the growth of innovative activity. In this regard, the development of mechanisms and technologies for innovative development management is relevant.
The goal is to study the problems of regulation of innovation in agricultural sector, taking into account the specifics of the regions of the republic, to develop proposals and recommendations for its improvement.
Results - the authors state that the introduction of new technologies will increase the need for cooperation between farms by increasing the science intensity of the AIC. Currently, the technical and technological indicators of agricultural producers, the efficiency of business processes lag significantly behind the developed countries. It is shown that despite many advanced assessment and analysis models, issues related to the methods and techniques for determining the productivity of agricultural entities require the in-depth study in order to adapt to the constantly changing conditions.
Conclusions - one of the main factors in the modernization of agro-industrial production is to increase the volume of the domestic food market and export resources by increasing the quality and competitiveness of the products. State regulation, management and support form the basis of innovation policy at the regional level - a continuous process that contributes to the transformation of technical, technological, organizational ideas and developments into concrete practical solutions in order to transfer agricultural enterprises to a qualitatively new scale of development. For the implementation of national innovation projects, it is necessary to take into account the legal, economic and managerial parameters. Economic entities of the agro-industrial complex should work in close cooperation with scientific institutions; receive advisory information on possible changes in the concept of their production to a more promising and innovative one.

Purpose – the resource potential and export opportunities of the agro-industrial complex of the West Kazakhstan region are explored.
Methods – monographic, abstract-logical, economic-statistical, on the basis of which the tendencies and prospects for the growth of food production and the dynamics of export supplies of Kazakhstani agricultural market are assessed. The calculations used the official statistical data of the Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the State Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Results – based on the analysis of the level of export diversification of the republic in the context of enlarged commodity groups, the authors note that there is a steady upward trend in exported products of animal and vegetable origin. The necessity of regulating the certification of goods by creating own network of food quality control laboratories that meet the standards of exporting countries has been justified. One of the important directions for solving the problem is the creation of accredited laboratories for the examination of agricultural products based on international standards.
Conclusions – food testing can be performed using various methods, each of which is highly technological to provide accurate information about their nutritional value and safety, as well as to prepare for export and conclude agreements with distribution networks. The development of competition and activation of market incentives for economic management in the branches of agricultural sector and in the commodity markets is a prerequisite for increasing their production and export reserves and entering the third countries markets with highly competitive final agricultural products.

The goal is to substantiate the need for new approaches to considering the issues of interregional exchange as a factor in strengthening and deepening the processes of specialization in grain farming and agricultural sector as a whole.
Methods – analysis and synthesis, accumulation and selection of facts, establishing links between them, comparison.
Results – the article indicates that the development of interregional trade is aimed at saturating agricultural market of Kazakhstan with high-quality food products, expanding their range, reducing the total costs of production, selling agricultural raw materials and food, ensuring their guaranteed sale by domestic producers. The analysis of the trade turnover of the republic with the countries of the world, export and import of food products is presented. Information on the volume of gross agricultural production in 2020 compared to 2019 is presented, including crop and livestock production. It is noted that the previously established territorial-sectoral division of labor in the agro-industrial complex was violated, due to the orientation of each region towards maximum self-sufficiency in food products, which led to the ineffective use of bioclimatic potential, caused a decrease in production and a rise in the product cost, a decrease in its quality, deterioration of interregional ties. Differences in the yield of grain crops by regions, insufficient renewal of the infrastructure of the grain market and high tariffs for vehicles are shown.
Conclusions – the implementation of the State Program on Development of the Agro-Industrial Complex of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2017-2021, the Business Roadmap - 2025 has expanded the benefits of specializing grain production in the country. It is necessary to revive the active participation of agricultural entities in interregional exchange, to find internal reserves for increasing commodity resources, and to search for optimal directions of cargo flows.

Stabilization of grain production and increase in its efficiency is achieved by improving the structure of grain product sub-complex based on coordinated policy, the implementation of common interests between grain producers, processing industry enterprises and marketing system.
The goal is to show the role of integration processes in grain farming and the prospects for their further development.
Methods - comparative and system analysis, statistical and economic, logical generalization.
Results - it is noted that in grain business entities, in order to optimize their activities, it is advisable to create integrated entities that have functional and technological integrity. The article examines the current trends in the functioning of industries and subsectors that provide production, transportation, storage, processing of grain, representing a set of economically interconnected objects. The authors focus on the importance of integration, which allows agricultural enterprises to achieve and maintain certain positions on market by solving the following tasks: creating common resources (technological, financial, marketing), corporate governance, promoting and supporting goods in order to maximize savings and increase profitability, minimize risks by obtaining guaranteed access to target markets. Domestic practice testifies to the clear advantages of uniting agricultural producers.
Conclusions - organization of integrated systems makes the economy more manageable, allows to concentrate resources on priority areas and provide effective interaction between the State and agroindustrial complex. Stable working agricultural entities are more attractive for potential investors, they contributing to the introduction of new intensive technologies that ensure waste-free processing of agricultural raw materials. To solve the existing problems, it is necessary to improve the regulatory framework, the pricing system and the financial and lending mechanism, and government support.

The publication is a brief analytical review of the use of mineral fertilizers in the main grain-sowing regions of Kazakhstan.
The goal is to analyze the current state of their application in the Republic of Kazakhstan and grain regions, to identify the main hindering factors to develop recommendations for solving the existing problems.
Methods - general scientific, analysis, synthesis, expert-logical assessment.
Results – the article contains data on the consumption of fertilizers for the total area of arable land and for all categories of farms in the Northern region, the annual scientifically justified rate of the need, the production volume of nitrogen and phosphorus fertilizers. It has been determined that production of plant protection products is done at nonspecialized facilities. Many manufacturers are not interested in certification of their products due to the small market volume. The study confirms the underdevelopment of the mineral nutrition optimization system in the republic due to the high cost of imported mineral fertilizers and the lack of domestic industrial capacities for their production to meet the needs of the domestic market. One of the important problems, as the authors note, is the lack of the necessary material and technical base for conducting soil agrochemical analysis. Based on the current situation, Kazakhstan annually lacks about 10 million tons of high-quality wheat.
Conclusions – introduction of precision farming technology, construction of new agrochemical laboratories, and training of relevant personnel are recommended. To receive subsidies, it is necessary to introduce a mandatory requirement for the availability of agrochemical cartogram. In the global consumer market, there is a growing trend in demand for organic products, which opens up prospects for the development of domestic production of environmentally friendly products and their export.

Aim – the article is devoted to the analysis of the current state of the livestock production of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the context of the regions.
Methods – analysis, synthesis, systems approach, logical.
Results – the dynamics of the population number of livestock and poultry in the republic by farm categories for the period 2018-2020, indicators of gross livestock production are presented. It is noted that agricultural sector, being one of the priority directions of the country's economic development, has great potential and significant reserves, almost all types of agricultural crops of the temperate climatic zone are grown, and the volume of livestock products is increasing. The article discusses the production of ready-made feed for farm animals in kind by regions. The authors state that currently one of the relevant issues in the development of the agro-industrial complex is the low level of labor productivity due to low automation and digitalization of technological processes. The need to meet the demand for livestock products on domestic market of Kazakhstan, as well as to increase its export resources, sets the priority tasks for Kazakhstani science and practice aimed to develop, scientifically justify and master modern technologies for production of low-cost, environmentally friendly, and competitive goods. They should be resource-saving, aimed at maximizing the use and improvement of the genetic potential of farm animals, adapted to the specific natural and economic conditions of the republic.
Conclusions – the development and mastering of such innovations will reduce the negative impact on the environment, enable the effective use of material, land and water resources. The main problems hindering the effective development of the livestock industry in the Republic of Kazakhstan are identified, its promising directions are determined.

The aim – to conduct a study of the problems of specialization in agricultural sector of the West Kazakhstan region.
Methods – dialectical, the essence of which lies in the fact that the studied processes are inextricably linked with each other and are considered as a whole; abstract-logical and economic-statistical to indicate the levels of specialization in the region, assess the trends and prospects for the development of agriculture, the potential of agro-industrial complex of the WKR. For making the calculations, the official statistical data of the Bureau of National Statistics of the Agency for Strategic Planning and Reforms of the Republic of Kazakhstan were used.
Results – the authors grouped the districts of the region according to the harvested area, showed gross production volume, identified the territories which are most suitable for growing crops.
Conclusions – it was revealed that for the development of the grain sub-complex, the West Kazakhstan region has the necessary land resources and arable land. About 1 million hectares of fertile land have been allocated to develop grain production. The natural and climatic conditions of this zone are favorable for the cultivation of durum and strong wheat varieties which contain protein and gluten, and which is in high demand on the world market. The experience of foreign countries and leading economic entities of the republic shows that profitable agricultural production and obtaining of commercial products in large volumes are possible only in specialized large enterprises that have a sufficiently large production potential in terms of the increased intensity of its use. Specialization creates conditions for more rational use of land, modern technology, and labor resources. In its determination, the whole complex of natural and socio-economic factors, transport component, and the proximity of industrial centers are taken into account.

The efficient functioning of grain market contributes to the food security of the country.
The aim – the issue of improving the grain marketing system is considered.
Methods – comparative analysis, statistical and economic, logical, generalization.
Results – assessment of the potential of grain resources in the context of the development priorities of the agro-industrial complex is presented. It is noted that currently there are changes in the volume and structure of grain sales channels: a decrease in absolute indicators and relative share of its sales to the State and increased sales on free market. The situation in storage of grain is shown, which indicates that in the work of large elevators, trends associated with functioning of agricultural holdings, the emergence of large grain companies and transnational corporations are indicated, which are mainly located in the territory of grain-growing regions. Аt the same time, many rural commodity producers do not have their own grain storage facilities, they are not united in marketing cooperatives, which does not give them the opportunity to form large commercial lots of high quality grain crops, to reduce distribution costs. In addition, they are not sufficiently equipped with grain cleaning and grain drying equipment, as a result, raw materials are not processed to basic conditions.
Conclusions – grain industry, which occupies a key position in the economy of the republic, is a complex and dynamically developing multifunctional mechanism. One of the main directions of its development is the cereal marketing system, which predetermines the feasibility of agricultural production, the reliability of the country's grain and fodder supply, which has a significant impact on the efficiency of foreign trade. The problems of disparity in prices for commodity resources sold and grain products supplied to producers, and the development of production infrastructure remain unresolved. There is a lack of storage capacities for grain, high tariffs for services of elevators and grain receiving points, forcing agricultural producers to sell grain at low prices.

The goal – is to identify the possibilities and prospects of citrus production in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the economic feasibility of growing citrus crops in the country in compareson with imported products, as well as the benefits for entrepreneurs in their cultivation, storage, delivery and sale.
Research methods – statistical, analytical, abstract-logical.
Results – the areas of use of citrus fruits in various industries are shown: agriculture, food industry, medicine, etc. Foreign experience is presented. Statistical data on prices, import of citrus fruits to the territory of the republic are analyzed. The factors that restrain obtaining their large quantities are summarized: increased competition from the CIS and foreign States; poorly developed infrastructure for processing these fruits, transport logistics, marketing of the finished product range, insufficient investor interest.
Conclusions – effective government support for the industry is needed, as well as updating the material and technical base of breeding and seed-growing economic entities, application of the latest technologies, digitalization aimed to increase yields, production of environmentally friendly products, creating the necessary conditions for promoting Kazakhstani citrus products for export, organizing joint trade missions and consistency between manufacturers of the member countries of the Eurasian Economic Union and other foreign partners. Medicine rates citrus crops an extremely important place in the rational human diet, since vitamins and mineral salts contained in them are the same important nutrients as proteins, fats and carbohydrates. Over the past century, citrus plantations have taken the first place in world horticulture, leaving apple, pear, plum and cherry orchards far behind.

The goal – is to show the current situation in the development of poultry farming as the most dynamic branch of the agro-industrial complex in Kazakhstan, to outline the prospects for production of products that can be produced in large quantities in the shortest period of time, regardless of the season.
Methods – verbal, graphic, mathematical, iteration.
Results – it is noted that many regions of the republic have favorable conditions for expanding the poultry sector, and the products of poultry farms make up the majority of the population's diet. The article presents illustrative materials that analyze the indicators of egg and meat production as the main areas of livestock production and dietary products with a high protein content. Poultry farms can incubate eggs to increase production. In addition, the poultry subcomplex specializes in production of not only meat and edible eggs, but also by-products: feathers, down, organic fertilizers for plants (droppings).
Conclusions – problems of the functioning of poultry industry, which is characterized by a big contribution to agricultural economy, are mentioned. Proposals on the efficient use of labor resources and production means, ensuring the stability of cash flow throughout the year, high productivity and profitability, and quick payback of investments have been developed. The stable development of poultry farming will provide a number of indisputable advantages in the future: a new level of small and medium-sized businesses, the emergence of additional jobs, the provision of domestic high-quality products, and decrease in the share of imports. Purposeful work aimed to improve the fodder base, introduction of resource-saving energy-intensive technologies are essetial.

The goal is to analyze the current state of meat production and processed products in the East Kazakhstan region, to determine the factors that restrain its growth.
Methods – statistical and economic, computational and constructive, balance, monographic.
Results – the main indicators of the livestock production development and meat industry in the region in recent years have been analyzed. In particular, the population number of livestock and poultry in all farm categories is considered; sale of meat of all types in slaughter weight, as well as in various economies, production of by-products, sausages, semi-finished products, canned meat, meat and vegetable products. On the basis of the analysis, the reasons for the decrease in the rate of intensification of meat industry were revealed, the main of which are the low efficiency of raising animals, unsatisfactory state of fodder base. The influence of the situation on the world meat market on the development of this sector within the country and the region is noted. The COVID-19 pandemic and the epidemic in livestock farms made it necessary to introduce measures, which positively affected production indicators.
Conclusions – it is necessary to develop a set of measures aimed to stabilize the meat and meat products market by providing subsidies and unsecured loans at low interest rates; increasing the availability of trading places for agricultural goods; improving the taxation system; creation of large agricultural enterprises with a closed production cycle and a high level of processing; the increase in the rate of their modernization and renewal of fixed assets; organization of training centers for agricultural producers based on the research institutes, and universities.

Fish farming is the most popular trend in ensuring food safety, removing anthropogenic pressure from natural reservoirs as a result of their excessive exploitation.
The goal is to study the state of the fisheries industry in the Republic of Kazakhstan and assess its economic potential in the West Kazakhstan region.
Methods – on the basis of statistical data, the state of the fishing industry of the republic was analyzed in terms of catching fish and other aquatic animals, as well as the dependence of physical volume of fish farming products on their total amount.
Results – the current problems of reproduction of fish species in closed water supply, the development of aquaculture based on the creation of a laboratory in WKR are discussed, since the region is most suitable for the implementation of the concept of a new type of exploitation of inland water bodies, the expansion of pasture fish farming according to natural and climatic characteristics, an abundance of reservoirs of various types, availability of scientific results of long-term observations of ichthyofauna.
Conclusions – the creation of laboratories and cultivation of fish in autonomous devices will allow the development of innovative technologies for the preservation and replenishment of fish resources of water basins of the region, prepare a training base for future specialists, create the prerequisites for increasing the range of fish products in Kazakhstan, improve the country's food security, reduce the shortage of fish products and provide access to the international market. The strategic importance of fisheries for the country is presented; it should be revived at a new level. The fulfillment of this task is possible through the implementation of a set of measures: renewal of the basic production assets of enterprises and their technical modernization; creation of favorable conditions for attracting investments; improving the system of long-term lending, etc.

The goal is to find ways to increase the efficiency of agricultural land turnover using GIS technologies.
Methods – monographic, analytical, abstract logical, economic and statistical.
Results - the presence of a significant potential of unused agricultural land, the need to develop a mechanism for transferring one type to another, drawing up a map of land resources that are not in operation, taking into account the quality condition depending on the bonitet scores based on the example of Akmola region are justified. It is shown that a number of changes have been made to the Rules of the rational use of agricultural land, in particular, it is necessary to fill out a web portal for their application (crop rotations, a field history book, etc.). It was revealed that in recent years, there has been a steady decrease in the State stock and the increase in the area of agricultural land. The authors state that today there are no standards regulating their transformation and the definition of the corresponding type. It is necessary to create a system for returning unused land plots to agricultural production based on geographic information systems. Space monitoring of land use was carried out, on the basis of which the maps of waste lands for 2021 and the distribution of bonitet points in Akmola region were compiled.
Conclusions – at the legislative level, it is necessary to establish a legal regime regarding the land fund; when granting plots for land use, it is required to determine, first of all, the quality condition, belonging to a certain category of agricultural land and assignment to the category of targeted agricultural use. The lack of clear criteria for the suitability of this category for a specific use prevents the acceleration of the process of bringing unused arable land into use.

Purpose – the currently existing market prices for land in the republic, various types of payment for it on a single methodological basis are considered.
Methods – analysis and synthesis, a systematic approach, logical, in order to ensure the rational use and protection of land, protect the rights of owners, land users and tenants, create an objective basis for setting land prices, land tax and rent.
Results – the author states that in Kazakhstan market prices for land have not yet been formed, and the mechanism of payment for it does not stimulate the rational use of land resources. There is an obvious need to improve the economic mechanism for regulating land relations, reflecting differences in the quality of soils, depending on natural and artificial fertility, natural and climatic conditions of a certain area, location of land plots that affect such important indicators as gross production, gross and net income, profit. It has been justified that the economic assessment of the land value, i.e. determination of the comparative land value as a means of production in agriculture, contributes to the development of financial instruments of land and property policy of the country, region, stimulation of investment and the development of entrepreneurship.
Conclusions – the value of a land plot should be determined taking into account all expected income and benefits from its use. In this sense, the evaluation of agricultural land in market conditions is the identification with the income they generate, which is based on the theory of land rent.

The goal is to study the impact of the process of uniting small businesses in agricultural cooperatives on the effective use of land, water and other resources of the village.
Methods - monographic, computational and constructive, analytical, economic and statistical, as well as a questionnaire survey of agricultural producers who participated in the trainings of the Project on the improvement of irrigation and drainage systems (PIID-2).
Results - the practice of developing cooperation of small farms in the republic over the past ten years since the adoption of the new law "On agricultural cooperatives" shows that the creation of agricultural cooperatives for primary processing of milk, meat through the organization of cooperative milk collection points, slaughterhouses, vegetable and potato storage facilities contributed to the improvement of the infrastructure of the movement of products from producer to consumer, expansion of agribusiness in the countryside. This, in turn, made it possible to increase the income and employment of the rural population. However, agricultural cooperatives for production of agricultural products, especially crop production, the joint use of land, agricultural machinery, irrigation and drainage systems, were underdeveloped, which is explained by the more complex process of merging farms into these cooperation models. It is noted that the provided public support measures were largely aimed at subsidizing, investment subsidizing of technological equipment, and concessional lending mainly for livestock farms, while sufficient incentives were not provided for crop production farms.
Conclusions - the need for a priority direction has been justified - the creation of agricultural cooperatives focused on the collective use of land, machinery, irrigation and drainage networks, allowing increasing the yield of crops, and restoring irrigated land. PIID-2 meets one of the key principles of the Concept of the Republic of Kazakhstan on the transition to "green" economy - the efficient use of water resources.

The goal is to analyze the current state of grain production in economically developed countries and Kazakhstan, its interaction with material and technical support.
Methods - the theoretical and methodological basis of the study includes the fundamental development and concepts of domestic and foreign scientists on the acceleration of the technical equipment of grain sub-complex, the provisions of modern economic theory, regulatory documents and legislative acts of the Republic of Kazakhstan. In the process of studying these problems, the following methods were applied: system analysis, monographic, economic statistics.
Results - the main directions of State regulation of this sub-sector of the agro-industrial complex were analyzed. The prospects for the development of grain farming are shown, aspects of replenishment of fixed assets, introduction of innovations, new technologies and techniques are considered. The coefficients of withdrawal and renewal of the machine and tractor facilities (MTF), the average age of tractors and combines have been calculated. The industry, despite its significant potential, retains imbalances and remains noncompetitive. There is a low investment activity of foreign capital.
Conclusions - the state of the MTF of agricultural enterprises in grain sector is extremely unsatisfactory, the possibility of its replenishment is significantly lower than the rate of decommissioning of outdated agricultural equipment, which leads to the increased load on one tractor and combine harvester. In turn, high cost of new machines does not allow agricultural producers to purchase equipment, introduce modernized models that ensure the use of modern, including resource-saving technologies. There is a need for program measures to promote the development of agricultural engineering.

The relevance of the topic is due to the need to ensure and maintain the sustainability of food systems. The author's approach to solving this issue is to determine the impact of individual macro- and microeconomic factors on them. The subject of the study is a set of criteria and environmental conditions, in which the food supply system for the population is formed and developed.
The goal is to justify the dynamics of its main segments and identify the reasons that restrain their effective functioning. The following methods were applied in the work - general logical, comparison, synthesis, scientific approach.
The results of the article are of a scientific and theoretical nature and can be taken as a basis for more in-depth research. The scientific contribution consists in the systematization of indicators affecting the sustainability of food supply chains aimed at maintaining healthy diets. The practical significance of the research lies in the use by government bodies of the proposed recommendations on modernization of the agro-industrial complex aimed to increase the sustainability of food supply. In the future, this direction can be considered as an opportunity to conduct empirical developments on the influence of the factors indicated in the article on the stability of provision of food products.
Conclusions – food systems should be based on the principles of sufficient food availability, affordability of high-quality and safe products, and their consumption in accordance with physiological science-based norms. The study of this issue is more focused on global food security, increasing imbalances in the food sector development in different regions.