The article is devoted to the directions of development of the agro-industrial complex of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. Natural conditions determine many features of the territorial organization of agricultural production. The possibilities of using land for arable land, perennial plantings, hayfields and pastures are associated with the agroecological properties of different types of land. Through various industries, the population receives material and spiritual benefits. In addition, they themselves create the necessary types of services by improving production technology, using reclamation and agrotechnical techniques to increase land productivity, and increasing the area of ​ ​ crops of more intensive crops.