DIGITALIZATION OF AGRICULTURE AS A DRIVER OF ECONOMIC GROWTH
Currently, world agriculture is actively using digital technology in the production and mar-keting of products. In terms of digitization of agriculture, Russia still occupies only 15th place in the world ranking, but the introduction of these innovations is rapidly gaining momentum. The article provides a comparative analysis of digitization of world agriculture and Russia, including spatial differentiation by regions of the country. The experience of the Samara region, a region that is one of the three leaders in the introduction of digital technologies in the AIC, has been studied. The purpose of the study is to identify promising areas for the development of digital technologies in agriculture, to assess the possible effect of their use in production, based on best practices. The study revealed that only with the cooperation of rural producers, scientific institutions and the state can achieve high results in digitization of the agricultural sector.
Keywords: agriculture digitalization, information and communication technologies, preci-sion farming, digital economy.
Highlights:
the process of digitization of agriculture in Russia and in foreign countries was analyzed;
based on the study of best practices, it was noted that innovative digital technologies in agri-culture are far more efficient than traditional ones in efficiency;
using the experience of the Samara region, it is possible to significantly improve the efficien-cy of agricultural production and reach a new level of development.
Elena P. Afanaseva, Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor; Alexandra V. Shchutskaya, Candidate of Economics, Associate Professor - Samara State University of Economics.