ADAPTATION ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURAL CLUSTER IN THE SAMARA REGION TO WTO RULES
The paper illustrates the tendencies of agricultural cluster development in the Samara region in terms of accession to WTO and assesses the level and structure of agrobusiness state support and the level of its compliance with WTO rules. The article identifies opinion leaders of production and processing of agricultural products on assessment of the current situation in the industry and represents cluster initiatives to ensure rapid problem solution of import substitution.
Keywords: agricultural cluster, the World Trade Organization, state support, import substitution,
cluster initiatives.
Roman V. Nekrasov, candidate of Economics, Head of “Economics and Agricultural Production” Department; Elena P. Gusakova, candidate of Economics, Associate Professor - Samara State University of Economics.