THE IMPACT OF INFRASTRUCTURE PROVISION AND THE LEVEL OF SUBSIDIES ON AGRICULTURAL ROBOTIZATION

DOI 10.32651/2012-42

Issue № 12, 2020, article № 9, pages 42-49

Section: Problems of agroeconomic researches

Language: Russian

Original language title: ВЛИЯНИЕ ОБЕСПЕЧЕННОСТИ ИНФРАСТРУКТУРОЙ И УРОВНЯ СУБСИДИЙ НА РОБОТИЗАЦИЮ СЕЛЬСКОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА

Keywords: ROBOTIZATION, AGRICULTURE, ROBOTIZATION DENSITY, INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD AVAILABILITY, ROAD DENSITY, INTERNET USE BY ORGANIZATIONS, BROADBAND INTERNET, SUBSIDIES

Abstract: Currently, despite the efforts of the executive authorities, there is a low rate of robotization of agriculture, and in a number of regions, robotics is not used in the industry. The main hypothesis is that the significant unevenness of the process of robotization of the agrarian sector of the economy across the country is associated with regional characteristics. The purpose of the study is to identify patterns of robotization of agriculture in the regions in relation to the availability of infrastructure facilities and the level of state support (subsidies) for the agricultural sector of the regions. The results of the study of the density of robotization of agriculture by region are presented. Contrary to the hypothesis put forward, it was not possible to identify a significant dependence of robotization on the use of the Internet by organizations (correlation coefficient 0.10), broadband Internet access (correlation coefficient 0.04). This may be due to the widespread penetration of the Internet, which does not provide the advantages of one region over another. There is a low dependence of the density of robotization in agriculture and the availability of paved roads (correlation coefficient -0.21) and road density (correlation coefficient 0.04). The wide geography of the introduction of robotics in agriculture throughout the country allows us to conclude that there are no significant infrastructural restrictions. In confirming the initial hypothesis of the study, there is a significant relationship (correlation coefficient 0.74) between the level of government support and the density of robotization. It is recommended that the executive authorities strengthen targeted government support for the implementation of robotics.

Authors: Nabokov Vladimir Innokentevich, Skvortsov Egor Artemovich