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The article considers the influence of knowledge spillovers as a factor of innovative development on the efficiency and intensity of agricultural production in the regions of Russia. The territorial distribution of agricultural patents and references to them in the regions of the country was analyzed, which is one of the methods for identifying knowledge spillovers. Based on this, a typology of Russian regions was carried out on innovative functions of agriculture and the level of creativity.

Repeatability and dynamics of probability of various type of droughts, and also estimation of their intensity on hydrothermal factor for the 120-year-old period (1891–2010гг is shown.). The agrometeorological characteristic of the most severe droughts is given. Decrease in productivity of grain crops and total gathering of grain in the Saratov area in years with various types of droughts is resulted