The current trends in national policies for the revitalization of the productive forces, and are some of the results of our research in this area are discussed in this article. The main purpose of the survey is an analysis of legislative proposals for increasing the competitiveness of national agriculture and its products. This article describes the current trends of the national policy on regional economic development, the draft of the Strategy for agriculture and rural areas developing in the 2015-2020, the main strategic priorities for the improvement of rural development, education and advisory services as a tool to achieve their goals. Approaches for improvement the conditions of financial resources concentration in the budgets of local communities and ensure their stable recruitment are analyzed. We propose to use the analysis of statistical data, international and national research for the adaptation of modern legislative initiatives to the international requirements and the realities of today. The survey's results can be applied to the analysis of government initiatives to strengthen rural development and filling of the budget in order to create productive forces within the framework of regional policy.