SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF WALNUT PRODUCTION ON THE BASIS OF INNOVATIVE-CLUSTER APPROACH
Introduction. The agriculture of any country is one of the main components of the economy, which ensures food security. For Uzbekistan, with its economic, social and regional diversity, providing the population with necessary and vital food is a paramount task. Its implementation depends on the development of agriculture, enterprises involved in the processing of products, as well as those related to the service and social spheres.
Scientific substantiations and practice of functioning of agro-industrial formations of various organizational and legal forms prove the effectiveness and expediency of agro-industrial integration. However, modern studies of integration into the agro-industrial complex of Uzbekistan do not reveal the problems of increasing competitiveness in integrated structures, the development of their walnut enterprises in an innovative direction, there is no unified approach to assessing their activities.