question: The research findings concerning legal regulation of entrepreneurship in the agro-industrial complex during emergencies (covid-19 pandemic) have been presented. After analyzing a number of reference sources it has been concluded, that there is a lack of scientific and methodological solutions for the legal support of the agro-industrial complex functioning and development. The general assessment of the situation in the agro-industrial complex in terms of emerging stress -factors has been made. The focus on emergency regulation has been demonstrated in the sphere of administrative legislature on agribusiness, as well as its interconnection with the key acts of the national strategic planning. (National Security Strategy of the Russian Federation and the Doctrine of Food Security of the Russian Federation). The conclusions have been made about the necessity to improve the legislature in the sphere under study, by means of adopting new regulations and amending the current ones in order to form the legal foundation and universal mechanisms of extraordinary regulation as applied to agribusiness. © The Authors, published by EDP Sciences, 2021.