Investments and investment activity as drivers of regional vegetable growing development

The article presents proposals for the development of investment activity in agriculture in relation to its most vulnerable sectors. It is scientifically proven that investment activities should be carried out continuously, that is, permanently reproduced. In turn, the permanent process of reproduction of forms of capital, the transformation of investments into capital gains and their full recovery have their own specifics in agriculture. The authors investigated the approaches to the organization of investment activity in the works of Russian and foreign economists, identified its regional characteristics for the Voronezh region. It is proposed to consider the vegetable growing industry as the driver of agricultural development of the region on the basis of the organization of investment activity. A brief description of the vegetable industry of the Voronezh region, identified and systematized general, sectoral and organizational and economic features of the functioning of vegetable enterprises, which have a direct impact on the reproduction of investment activity. The investment climate of the region, potential sources and programs of financing are studied and the possibility of development of regional vegetable growing is concluded.