Scientific support for the innovative development of the economic space of rural territories as an area of natural functioning of the agro-industrial complex elements

The article summarizes the results of analysis causes fragmentation, dissociation, and polarization economic space rural territories, primarily southern regions Russia, which are leading agricultural industrial country (Rostov region, Krasnodar Krai Stavropol Krai), determines impact infrastructure deficits, conventionality farming for outflow economically active population to areas with a higher level competitive advantages, need align development through formation poles growth “second order”, should serve as intermediate links leveling discreteness regions. author considers set innovative measures that contribute generation impulses territory economy transformation their towards depolarization elimination “dissociation”, is key increase potential agro-industrial complex (its resource, raw material, processing production components), its functioning efficiency, especially important Russian South.