Abstract
The article presents elements and ways to improve the mechanism of innovative development of agriculture in the Turkestan region in the context of the pandemic. Agriculture is the most important branch of agriculture, which affects the state of food security of the country and serves to develop the raw material base for the agroindustrial complex. However, the worldwide pandemic has had a significant negative impact on the development of agriculture in Kazakhstan, including the development of agriculture. This effect was observed in all sectors of the industry, therefore no doubt that the development of the agrarian economy of the Turkestan region, and accordingly obtaining effective results is impossible without innovative development in the sector and improving the mechanisms of development planning of crop production. The features of the modern development of domestic agriculture are the deterioration of its material and technical base, low investment potential of the industry, high production and financial risks, unsatisfactory condition of land, underdeveloped seed production system, as well as unbalanced intersectoral exchange. All this indicates the need for timely justification of priority areas for planning innovative development of crop production, as well as the need for a comprehensive economic assessment of their implementation. It requires in-depth study of methodological issues of implementation of technical, technological and biological innovations available on the regional, national and global agri-food markets.At the same time, during a pandemic, there is a need to change the functions of government bodies in the field of agriculture. In this regard, much attention is paid to improving the management tools of local executive bodies in the field of agriculture.