Regional Features and Prospects for the Development of Digital Technologies in the Agro-Industrial Complex of the North Caucasus Federal District

Issue № 1, 2023, article № 3, pages 25-36

Section: Digitalization in agrarian and industrial complex

Language: Russian

Original language title: РЕГИОНАЛЬНЫЕ ОСОБЕННОСТИ И ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ РАЗВИТИЯ ЦИФРОВЫХ ТЕХНОЛОГИЙ В АГРОПРОМЫШЛЕННОМ КОМПЛЕКСЕ СЕВЕРО-КАВКАЗСКОГО ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОГО ОКРУГА

Keywords: DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF REGIONS, AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OF THE REGION, INNOVATIONS, IT TECHNOLOGIES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

Abstract: The branches of the agro-industrial complex of the Russian Federation have been actively digitized in recent years. However, not all regions are yet able to actively introduce digital technologies into the practice of agricultural production, but it is with their application that the further development of the agro-industrial complex and the economy of the North Caucasus Federal District as a whole are connected. The article deals with the issues of the transition of the agricultural sectors of the North Caucasus Federal District to a more active use of progressive IT technologies for the intensification of agricultural production and other sectors of the agro-industrial complex. Currently, the regional "Digital Transformation Strategy" of the regions of the North Caucasus Federal District does not imply active digitalization of the industry due to certain circumstances of the actual state of the industry. It is important to identify these reasons and create effective prerequisites for preparing the agro-industrial complex of the region for intensification based on the digital component. The work uses aspect, analytical and empirical approaches to problem solving, the study of scientific literature, generalization, comparative analysis. The study is based on scientific and analytical works of domestic scientists, specialists, materials from various analytical publications, reporting data from statistical collections of the Moscow School of Management Skolkovo and the National Research University Higher School of Economics on the digitalization of various sectors of the economy. The study identifies factors that impede the immediate active introduction of digital technologies in the agro-industrial complex of the North Caucasus Federal District, proposes priority areas of activity in the field of state regulation, stimulating the creation of immediate conditions for the effective implementation, promotion and sustainable functioning of modern computer technologies in the regional agro sphere based on the use of full coverage of high-speed Internet in rural areas. territories, creation and modernization of an extensive infrastructure, stimulation of the technical re-equipment of production enterprises, renewal of production assets, solving the issue of a lack of specialized personnel and retraining of specialists and managers of enterprises in the agro-industrial complex of the region.

Authors: Baliiants Karina Mikhailovna, Dokholian Sergei Vladimirovich, Osmanova Aminat Magomedkhanovna