ASSESSMENT OF REGIONS` READINESS TO IMPLEMENT DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN AGRICULTURE
One of the most important state tasks in the Russian Federation today is the economic growth of key areas of production. Agriculture plays a significant role in the country`s economy. In many regions, emphasis is being placed on qualitative economic growth in agricultural production, thanks to the leap in scientific and technological development and the integration of digital elements. At the same time, the current state of regional development in terms of available technologies and readiness for their modernization remains an important issue.
Keywords: digital economy, precision agriculture, monitoring, automation, forecasting, regions of the Russian Federation.
Highlights:
the questionnaire for collecting information on technical equipment of agricultural enterprises was made;
the implementation of digital technologies in the regions of the Russian Federation was studied;
the survey and expert analysis revealed the technical equipment of enterprises in the regions;
the most popular technologies in the system of precision agriculture and possible trends of development were determined.
Evgeny V. Truflyak, Doctor of Technical Sciences, head of the Department of Operation of ICC, head of the Center for Monitoring and Forecasting AIC; Nikolay Yu. Kurchenko, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Electrical Machines and Drives, Deputy head of the Center for Monitoring and Forecasting AIC - Kuban State Agrarian University, Krasnodar.