Features and Benefits of Digital Technologies in Agricultural Enterprises

¹ Southwest State University, 94, 50 Let Oktyabrya st., Kursk, 305040, Russia
² Orel State University named after I.S. Turgenev, 95, st. Komsomolskaya, Oryol, 302026, Russia
³ Orel State Agrarian University named after N.V. Parakhin, 69, st. General Rodina, Oryol, 302019, Russia
⁴ Central Russian Institute of Management – branch of the Presidential Academy, RANEPA, 5A, Pobedy B-d, Oryol, 302028, Russia

^* Corresponding author: t_kolmykova@mail.ru

Abstract

This article substantiates that innovation is objectively necessary to ensure sustainable development of agricultural enterprises and the agricultural sector. The study notes that the introduction of digital technologies such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing, big data, blockchain, artificial intelligence, robotics can be widely applied in the agricultural sector. It is noted that the agricultural has a number of specific features: a variety of biological objects that are affected; various and complex technological processes, distribution of controlled parameters over a large area; high risks of the external environment. In this regard, the use of technologies for working with large data arrays is especially important here. The smart Agriculture concept will allow monitoring the growth of crops, a decision-making system for irrigation and the choice of fertilizers. The main goals of introducing digital technologies into agricultural production are to increase labor productivity, increase the quantity and quality of products. The introduction of digital technologies will make it possible to manage the quality of agricultural products through the introduction of modern breeding and genetic developments, provide an individual approach to the maintenance and feeding of livestock and poultry. The use of digital technologies has a positive environmental effect and will reduce the harmful impact on the environment. Updating the technological base of agricultural production through the use of digital technologies will allow controlling costs and increasing the economic efficiency.