Numerous governmental documents refer clusters to instruments for improving the country’s competitiveness. However, the efficiency of creating them is largely defined by theoretical and methodological approaches to estimating and forming their competitiveness. Due to this, the urgency of considering theoretical and methodological issues of creating competitive clusters through the example of the livestock cluster of Kazakhstan and their impact on the competitiveness of the economy of the Akmola Region is growing. In order to improve the regional policy of the Akmola Region in the livestock sector, it is reasonable to consider the mechanism of uniting all participating entities into a regional meat cluster, the implementation of which can give a powerful impetus to the development of not only the livestock sector in these regions but also to many related industries: trade, processing, transport, etc.

The article discusses the conditions for the introduction of digital technologies This study is aimed at studying the importance of digitalization for ensuring the competitiveness of the agro-industrial complex of the Russian Federation. The article deals with the theoretical and applied issues of innovative development of the sector. The stages of digitalization implementation in the agro-industrial complex of Russia are analyzed. Methods of modernization of traditional agricultural systems are revealed. General recommendations for the development of digitalization in the agro-industrial complex have been developed.