Innovative aspects of the development of agro-industrial complex in pandemic conditions

Issue № 8, 2020, article № 2, pages 11-19

Section: Agrarian policy: problems and decisions

Language: Russian

Original language title: ИННОВАЦИОННЫЕ АСПЕКТЫ РАЗВИТИЯ АПК В УСЛОВИЯХ ПАНДЕМИИ

Keywords: AGROTECH 4.0, INNOVATIVE DEVELOPMENT, POST-VIRAL WORLD, AGRIBUSINESS, AGRICULTURE

Abstract: The current global economic situation caused by the consequences of COVID-19 requires a review of approaches to both global cooperation and industry management in individual countries. The breakdown of cooperative ties, a paradigm shift in the development of the agro-industrial complex, state support measures, and an increased understanding of the role of agriculture in ensuring the country's security and sovereignty open up enormous opportunities for the country's agro-industrial complex. The article discusses the prospects for the innovative development of the agro-industrial complex in a pandemic. Why: trends in the development of the domestic agricultural sector have been identified, which have a correlation with the global trend in the development of agriculture. Both the main trends in the development of the global agricultural sector and the vectors of the further technological development of the Russian agricultural sector are highlighted. To develop concrete steps for the transition of the domestic agro-industrial complex to the AgroTech 4.0 concept, it was proposed to evaluate the innovative potential of the industry. In a pandemic, the domestic agro-industrial complex is forced to develop, taking into account the consequences of the pandemic, for example, a decrease in the number of labour, increasing the importance of automated technologies, the destruction of economic relations and others. The directions of development of the agricultural sector in a pandemic are highlighted: the development of the fundamental foundations of productivity; increasing labour productivity through the introduction of cross-platform solutions and digital technologies in the agricultural sector; diversified priority development of high-margin segments of agricultural products and others, as well as the main trends for the implementation of these areas: modernization of the innovation environment, targeted innovative development, reorganization of the agricultural education and science system, building transparent cooperative ties between business and federal executive bodies with the aim of eliminating manipulations and bureaucratic component of activity. Thus, in a pandemic, in order to overcome the consequences of the crisis, the Russian agro-industrial complex needs a transition to the new management concept AgroTech 4.0.

Authors: Sandu Ivan Stepanovich, Kirova Irina Vladimirovna, Ryzhenkova Natalia Evgenevna