LABOR PRODUCTIVITY AS THE MAIN CRITERION FOR ASSESSING INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVENESS OF AN AGRICULTURAL AREA
Due to the fact that this area has been little studied, at the moment there is no single methodology that would include those economic indicators that allow for a specific interpretation of the results obtained during the analysis. The article describes a more accessible methodology for evaluating the attractiveness of an agricultural area for investment based on labor productivity in the field of material production. In the studies written by the authors of this article, the main economic indicators for assessing the attractiveness to investment of agricultural regions of the region (Orenburg region) are presented and considered in detail. The main factors influencing the labor productivity of the labor collective are highlighted. On the basis of factor analysis, the tasks of combining a large number of indicators, signs that determine labor productivity in the agricultural production of the region, into a smaller number of factors artificially built on their basis, ensuring the resulting system of factors, are solved. This technique is more convenient from the point of view of meaningful interpretation. The original methodology clearly defines a specific agricultural area, which at the moment (or in the near future) is the most favorable for investors. To assess the investment attractiveness of individual economic systems, a theoretical and methodological toolkit has been created that allows investors to assess the share of the risk of non-return of financial resources.