In the situation of globalization of the world economy, the nature of development of all sectors of the economy, including the agrarian sector, is inextricably linked with active innovation activity. As the foreign and already Russian experience of high-tech sectors of the economy shows, business entities achieve opportunities for innovative development through the involvement of stakeholders (subcontractors, suppliers and consumers) in setting up joint ventures and products, combining economic activities with the goal of more effective joint strategic development. Today, these are agro-clusters, in which both branches of integration of large (including agricultural holdings), and medium and small forms of management are possible, while preserving their legal and economic independence, with legislative and financial support of the state (public-private partnership), should be considered the most promising form of associations of economic entities.