The article presents the author’s calculations of the labor sphere state of rural areas of the Ural Federal District (Russia). It is substantiated that labor (human) capital is the most important element of ensuring the functioning of the entire agrarian sphere. The estimation of labor productivity in the agricultural sector, the rate of wage growth, as well as relative social and labor indicators of the agricultural direction to the general economic is conducted. The authors consider the ratio of agrolabor productivity growth and decrease in the number of workers in this sphere, which is associated with a number of factors, resulting in the construction of a system of sociolabor factors interaction contributing to the development of rural areas, based on analytical data

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The performance of agriculture in Russia remains unsatisfactory, which requires the state to take active measures to support and develop it. In recent years, government policy has been focused on the formation of a high-tech agro-industrial complex, the introduction of digital means and ensuring food security. At the same time, the measures which are taken by the state do not form a single integrated system and do not ensure the achievement of the desired effect. The publication analyzes the current state of legislation in the field of agro-industrial complex support. Particular attention is paid to the Federal Scientific and Technical Program for the Development of Agriculture for 2017 - 2025. Based on the results of the research, conclusions about the need to adopt a comprehensive federal law and strengthen the role of the State Council of the Russian Federation in the development of a national agrarian policy are drawn, measures to improve legislation in the field of supporting the innovative development of agriculture are substantiated, and additional measures of state support for the agro-industrial complex in the Russian Federation are proposed.

In the framework of the study, the authors consider conceptual approaches to improve the management system of agrarian sphere development of regions in the realities of this industry functioning in the Russian Federation. Agrarian sphere is shown in aspects of socio-economic territorial system with its subsystems. The transition mechanisms of the agrarian sphere to the rails of sustainable development due to the choice of priority development directions within the life cycle are presented. The necessity of applying an integrated approach to the solution of industrial and social problems of the agricultural sector of the country is proved and reasoned.

The President of the Russian Federation has set the task of achieving “digital maturity” of the key economic sectors, including agriculture, by 2030. At the same time, the digitalization of the agro-industrial complex is clearly lagging behind the pace of digital transformation in other sectors of the national economy. There are several reasons for this: the regulatory standards of the agricultural crops cultivation and the farm animals breeding are not perfect; the legal regulation of digitalization in the field of both production and agriculture is fragmented; the use of digital tools and information technologies in agricultural activities appears to be quite complicated. The article not only analyzes modern acts affecting the digital transformation of agriculture in the Russian Federation (including acts of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation) and the problems of their application, but also suggests measures aimed to stimulate agricultural producers and food-processing companies, introducing innovative digital technologies, as well as provides recommendations for the use of special legal regimes that entered into force in 2021.