Journal of Science and Innovative Development ISSN 2181-4317

THE ROLE OF CLUSTERS IN INCREASING THE ECONOMIC POTENTIAL OF AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES

Мавлянов Мажид, Эшанкулов Сирожиддин, Урдушев Хамракул June 29, 2021

Abstract

<p>Currently, the issue of transferring the economy of the republic and its regions to&nbsp;an innovative path of development has become relevant for Uzbekistan. Forming up a cluster&nbsp;model of development is important in terms of creating an innovative economy at regional&nbsp;level. Globalization of the farming economy has urged the search for new directions of the&nbsp;efficiency of farming in Uzbekistan. Formation of clusters in the economy of the majority&nbsp;of developed countries took place in an evolutionary way based on emerging relationships&nbsp;between economic entities. One of these areas is the fruit and vegetable clusters. The cluster&nbsp;approach is based on a new theory of economic advancement, which considers increased&nbsp;return on gained competences as the main factor of the &nbsp;development and, as a result, more&nbsp;investments in new technologies. Fruit and vegetable clusters may secure higher level&nbsp;of efficiency and competitiveness of regional agriculture owing to the use of innovative&nbsp;technologies, modernization, increased crop yields and animal productivity, and ensuring&nbsp;the access of agricultural producers to markets. An overview of approaches to the defi nition&nbsp;of a cluster in the economy is presented, which allowed us to identify several common&nbsp;characteristics of the cluster: the territorial proximity of participants of this process, their&nbsp;certain relationship, innovation. The article reviews formation of fruit and vegetable clusters&nbsp;in Uzbekistan. The indicators of land area, production, processing, storing, and sales of fruit&nbsp;and vegetable clusters operating in the regions have been analyzed. The article analyzes&nbsp;the land area and production indicators in the areas of fruit and vegetable clusters formed&nbsp;in the regions. Conclusions and recommendations have been developed on the basis of the&nbsp;conducted research.</p>