TRANSFORMATION OF HUMAN RESOURCES NEEDS AND DIGITALIZATION IN THE DAIRY INDUSTRY

DOI 10.32651/237-57

Issue № 7, 2023, article № 8, pages 57-63

Section: Staffing

Language: Russian

Original language title: ТРАНСФОРМАЦИЯ КАДРОВЫХ ПОТРЕБНОСТЕЙ И ЦИФРОВИЗАЦИЯ МОЛОЧНОЙ ОТРАСЛИ

Keywords: DAIRY FARMING, INDUSTRY 4.0, DIGITALIZATION, WORKFORCE, STAFFING NEEDS

Abstract: The staffing needs of the dairy sector in the transition to the «Industry 4.0», which provides for the active implementation of digital and biotechnology analyzed. The actual dairy farms data show the characteristics of current use of labor resources in the industry, their dynamics over the past five years, analyze the differentiation of farms with various digitalization degrees by the level of main groups of workers’ wages, the share of specialists in the total number of employees, labor productivity. It is shown that the increase in the number of digital technologies implemented in dairy farms did not always lead to a proportional increase in the wages of highly skilled workers with an obvious increase in the specialists’ share in the staff. The following trends in the transformation of staffing needs in the dairy business were considered: an increase in the specialists’ role— both industry-specific and digital solutions specialists; deepening of the labor division; emergence of new specialties; and acceleration of wage growth rates. The sources of staff hunger risks in dairy cattle were determined, including due to the loss to other sub-sectors of agriculture in the competition for labor resources: the lag in the level and growth rate of wages, especially specialists in comparison with "production" workers; rigidity of agricultural education; unequal investment in human resources by the industry participants. Suggestions are formulated to adjust the agrarian policy in terms of staffing needs support for medium and small milk producers.

Authors: Nikulina IUliia Nikolaevna