The key development areas for Russia's agri-food sector through 2030 include raising scientific and technological standards, developing new export routes, creating a unified digital platform, and improving the quality of life of the rural population. Achieving these goals will be accompanied by significant structural shifts in innovation. The objective of the study is to improve methodological approaches to studying innovative structural changes in Russia's agri-food sector and assess its economic growth potential, taking into account changes in the sectoral structure and the transition to new information and digital technologies. Theoretical and methodological approaches to studying innovative structural shifts in the agri-food sector and their impact on economic growth have been developed. Proposals for improving mechanisms for managing innovative structural changes have been substantiated. The study revealed that innovative transformations have occurred in the production and processing of agri-food products over the past 10 years, as evidenced by an increase in gross value added, a decrease in production costs, and an increase in labor productivity. Trends in changing resource intensity of products in the Russian agri-food sector have been identified. A mathematical model of multivariate linear regression has been constructed, characterizing the influence of indicators of innovative structural shifts on changes in gross agricultural output. The results of calculations using the model indicate that the majority of the increase in labor productivity in the industry is achieved through investments and expenditures on innovation. The considered indicators of innovative structural shifts have a positive impact on the dynamics of agricultural production in Russia.
Vasilchenko et al. (Mon,) studied this question.