Digital Horizons of Russian Agro-Industrial Complex: Problems and Prospects for the Development of the Agricultural Services Market

Issue № 3, 2022, article № 3, pages 29-39

Section: Digitalization in agrarian and industrial complex

Language: Russian

Original language title: ЦИФРОВЫЕ ГОРИЗОНТЫ РОССИЙСКОГО АПК: ПРОБЛЕМЫ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ РАЗВИТИЯ РЫНКА АГРОТЕХСЕРВИСОВ

Keywords: FOOD SECURITY, DAIRY CATTLE BREEDING, ROBOTIZATION OF BUSINESS PROCESSES, SMART FARMS, DIGITALIZATION OF AGRICULTURE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, INDUSTRY 4, DIGITAL ECONOMY

Abstract: Russia is characterized by the features of China's agricultural digitalization strategy (strong vertical administrative leverage, state programs for financing digitalization projects). The main external tools to support the development of agricultural technology services in Russia are state grant financing of infrastructure projects for digitalization of the agro-industrial complex; budget financing of the departmental program "Digital Agriculture"; venture financing provided by RVC JSC. During the analyzed period, the greatest demand from agribusinesses was for agrotech-services for the use of UAVs for monitoring and protection of crops, as well as for fertilizer application. Services of robotization of individual agricultural works were actively developed, while progressive farm management systems based on AI-algorithms, IoT networks for remote control of agricultural machinery, and blockchain technologies are still outsiders of the list of the most in demand agrotech-services. The main obstacles to the development of agrotech-services are the high bureaucracy in procedures for obtaining grant funding; centralization of financial resources in state development institutions; geographical imbalance of financial resources to finance projects of digitalization of agriculture; lack of universities in the country; and lack of financial resources to finance projects of digitalization of agriculture. The scientific research has established that agrotech-services are a new stage in the development of the global agro-industrial complex. It is important for the Russian economy to make maximum efforts to intensify the implementation of digital technologies in business processes of agricultural management in order to ensure sustainable development of agriculture and food security of the country.

Authors: Dudin Mikhail Nikolaevich, SHkodinskii Sergei Vsevolodovich, Anishchenko Alesia Nikolaevna