Scientists of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic are implementing those aimed at determining the conditions for a qualitative increase in the resource and production of the peripheral agro-industrial complex with a significant intensification of investment and innovation activities based on improving its methodology, studying the frequency of occurrence and development of clusters in the agricultural sector, as well as developing functions for the frequency of detection. rational investment factors and agricultural resources. The scientific novelty of the study lies in the further development of the conceptual foundations for the formation of an effective innovative strategy for the development of the regional agro-industrial complex based on the methods of modeling and optimizing the processes of modernization of the regional structural policy, in the face of global challenges and the need to ensure food security. The conclusions and generalizations obtained during the study are necessary for the development of an innovative strategy for the development of the agro-industrial complex at the national and regional levels in the face of threats to food security and new geopolitical attitudes. Entering the values ​​of spatial and territorial development into the system of initial data changes the angle of view in relation to forecasting and preventing technogenic impact on the ecology of the region.