Transformation of work in the conditions of application of robotics in agriculture

Issue № 11, 2018, article № 9, pages 76-84

Section: Economic mechanism of managing

Language: Russian

Original language title: ТРАНСФОРМАЦИЯ ТРУДОВОЙ ДЕЯТЕЛЬНОСТИ В УСЛОВИЯХ ПРИМЕНЕНИЯ РОБОТОТЕХНИКИ В СЕЛЬСКОМ ХОЗЯЙСТВЕ

Keywords: ROBOTIZATION, LABOUR ACTIVITY, WORKING CONDITIONS, SEVERITY OF LABOUR, EMPLOYMENT, ROBOTIC MILKING OPERATOR

Abstract: The most important factor in the transformation of social and labour relations is the development of the means of production, scientific and technological progress, and the improvement of technology and technology. Recently, robotics has been rapidly introduced in agriculture. The main scientific idea is that the robotization of agricultural production leads to a significant transformation of social and labour relations. To assess these processes, various sociological research methods were used. The transition of the agricultural sector of the economy to robotics contributes to overcoming one of the serious contradictions of modern production, on the one hand, between the growing specialization of labour operations as a condition for increasing labour productivity and, on the other hand, the need to enhance the content and creative nature of labour. Robotization causes a transformation of the professional composition of workers in agricultural organizations. Workers with a high proportion of manual labour (milkmaids, cattlemen) are replaced by specialists of mainly mental labour (operators of robotic milking, robot maintenance equipment). As the analysis shows, robotization transforms the gender composition of agricultural workers. Robotization is associated with an increase in employment with skills in engineering, engineering and mathematical specialties, among which women constitute a smaller part of workers. The use of robotics in agricultural production increases the attractiveness and variety of labour, which has a positive effect on the retention of young professionals in the industry.

Authors: Semin Aleksandr Nikolaevich, Skvortsov Egor Artemovich