Regional Agriculture, Food Supply Systems and Competitiveness of Agriculture Prodiction Industries in Stavropol Territory

The article is devoted to the issue of ensuring the competitiveness of the agriculture and food system currently present in Stavropol Territory. Provision of the local population with locally manufactured food products in sufficient quantities and of the appropriate quality is one of the main challenges for the regional authorities. Assesment for the most advantageous trends for developing agriculture sector in Stavropol Krai considering its supply security, production costs and market demands for the manufactured products is quite essential. Results of the assesment ensured preparation of the market maps for Stavropol Territory with reference to the main product groups, that allowed to rank them in accordance with the identified indicators. To assess efficiency of the industries, the analysis of the investment strategic positions within the main agriculture product groups was prepared and involved imlementation of adjusted BCG matrix. Based on the obtained data the following was prepared: ranking for agricultural industries considering their socio-economic importance for the Stavropol Territory, and recommendations on the feasible trends for particular industries