TRANSITION TO DIGITAL AGRICULTURE: BACKGROUND, ROAD MAP, POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES

Issue № 10, 2017, article № 2, pages 11-15

Section: Program-target management of development of agricultural production

Language: Russian

Original language title: ПЕРЕХОД К ЦИФРОВОМУ СЕЛЬСКОМУ ХОЗЯЙСТВУ: ПРЕДПОСЫЛКИ, ДОРОЖНАЯ КАРТА И ВОЗМОЖНЫЕ СЛЕДСТВИЯ

Keywords: DIGITALIZATION, AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE, AGRARIAN POLICY, INTERNET OF THINGS, STATE SUBSIDIES

Abstract: The regulatory and legal framework of agrarian policy, the objectives of its implementation and regulation of markets for agricultural products, raw materials and foodstuffs in the Russian Federation are considered in the context of increasing labour productivity. A research objective is a justification of the directions of introduction of new technologies of digitalization in agriculture. The digital economy as a trend, gaining momentum, has affected the sphere of the agro industrial complex; - a roadmap for introducing Internet of Things in agriculture has been developed. The article shows the main provisions of the road map, both in terms of the proposed tax breaks and the extension of agricultural insurance in conjunction with government subsidies for the expansion of the Internet infrastructure of things. Of particular concern to the authors is the participation of small agricultural producers in the implementation of the proposed roadmap, which due to their scale of production, as well as high one-time capital expenditures for the transformation of the production process, may not take advantage of new production technologies. Increase in efficiency of production activity on the basis of the Internet of things is possible due to increase in productivity of crops, monitoring of a condition of dairy herd or hen houses, etc. Experience of effective use of the Internet of things by the company John Deer is considered. In the centre of process of creation of value there is a consumer, and the companies, them employees and technologists only give him support. The state intervention is necessary for creation of institutional conditions which will allow using advanced technologies to a bigger circle of agricultural producers. Introduction of technologies on the basis of the Internet of things on average increases efficiency of agricultural production for 20-30‰ depending on a kind of activity and the used technologies and the culture of an agro technology.

Authors: Osipov Vladimir Sergeevich, Bogoviz Aleksei Valentinovich