Abstract
The article defines the priority areas of crop and livestock production for the intensive development of industries in the southern region of the republic, considers the problems of the development of agro-industrial sector. The characteristic of production of main types of crop and livestock products is presented. The natural potential of this territory has the potential for cultivating such crops as corn, soybeans, sugar beets, cotton, and large areas of pastures. The population number of livestock of cattle, sheep, poultry, pigs, the area of pasture land, the yield of vegetables and potatoes, the volume of production of cattle meat, lamb, the concentration of meat and dairy animals in the context of regions are shown. The assessment of the competitiveness of the manufactured products is presented. Potential, targets and prospects for increasing agricultural production have been identified. Proposals have been developed for deepening specialization in beef cattle breeding, developing the industry on an industrial basis through intensification, favorable natural and climatic conditions that allow organizing outdoor feeding farms, creating zones for growing young animals, irrigation systems that ensure the expansion of crops for fodder grain. The authors concluded that it is necessary to develop fine-wool sheep breeding on the basis of intensive technologies, with the production of lamb and fine wool, using new breeds of meat merino, as well as meat sheep breeding to saturate the domestic market with mutton and dairy cattle in order to fully provide the population with whole milk products.