Development of integration processes in the agricultural sector

The relevance of the issue is due to the need to improve the efficiency of the agro-industrial complex by uniting enterprises engaging in production, processing and sale of agricultural products. The aim is to develop recommendations on integration processes in the agricultural sector in order to improve the efficiency of the agricultural sector. The article discusses the objective nature of integration processes in modern agribusiness, identifies assumptions for creating integrated enterprises, such as unstable financial situations, worn-out material and technical resources, irrational organization of production, a low level of management and labor economics. The article describes a positive example of integrated formations in the Republic of Tatarstan, positive results of the activities of agro-industrial formations, which include the use of abandoned land and agricultural facilities, modernization of production using new equipment and technologies, increasing the attractiveness of agricultural labor, employment rate and incomes of the rural population, reduction of transaction costs in the agro-industrial chain, development of the agro-holding model as an effective interaction of enterprises of different agricultural sectors