Theoretical foundations for the formation of a new technological paradigm in the crop industry

Issue № 7, 2020, article № 6, pages 61-68

Language: Russian

Original language title: ТЕОРЕТИЧЕСКИЕ ОСНОВЫ ФОРМИРОВАНИЯ НОВОЙ ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКОЙ ПАРАДИГМЫ В ОТРАСЛИ РАСТЕНИЕВОДСТВА

Keywords: TECHNOLOGICAL PARADIGM, TECHNOLOGICAL CODE, CROP PRODUCTION, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS, RESOURCES, REPLACEMENT OF RESOURCES

Abstract: The main characteristic of the technological structure was the most effective use of a key resource: labour, fixed assets, land, and technology. As a research tool, production functions are proposed, in particular, a function with constant elasticity of the substitution norm. It is proposed to use the production function to analyze the change of technologies, technological layouts and paradigm, since product production can expand by changing the costs of current production to the optimal value, when the profit from the produced products will be maximum. In addition, the expansion of production can be achieved through the development of production forces and the introduction of new technologies. The technological paradigm is a broader concept that includes technological frameworks based on a single principle of production. For crop production, this principle is currently the cultivation of land. Despite the change in technological structures in the production of crop products, the basis of agricultural technology did not fundamentally change. However, the possibilities of soil are limited and global production is already approaching the technological limit of such a resource as land, which requires the formation of a new technological paradigm for the production of crop products, the essence of which is the cultivation of crops and the production of food products without the use of soil.

Authors: Petukhova Marina Sergeevna, Mamonov Oleg Vladimirovich