The effectiveness of innovation implementation in agriculture: methodological aspect

Abstract

This article deals with the conception of innovation in agricultural sector; examining essence theoretical basis of innovation evaluation and presenting innovation implementation efficiency criteria and rate system. The effectiveness of innovations directly conveys a certain capability to save a corresponding amount of time, resources, money that a unit of necessary and predictable effects receives (produced products and services, technological systems and structures), and a capability to save is shown by economical result (work, saving material and natural resources or increase of manufacture without increasing expenditures of these resources), social result (meeting the needs of a human and society) and environmental result (reserve of qualitative resources for future generations). The evaluations of project innovation of agricultural production modernization have to be complex and include economical, social and environment protection criteria and rates.