Issues of improving crop production in digital agriculture

Background. The agribusiness ensures the country’s food security, creates conditions for forming labour and demographic potential. The key industry is crop production.

Purpose. To study the state of crop production in the Bryansk region.

Materials and methods. The materials and methods of the study present an analytical review of agricultural innovations in crop production based on scientific and technical achievements.

Results. It is shown that the region is among the leaders in the potato and grain production, and the number of profit-making organizations using resource-saving technologies is growing. The specifics of the crop production transformation into a high-tech and knowledge-intensive sphere are noted. It has been established that large and medium-sized organizations make use of digital agricultural innovations and “smart” agricultural machinery. The problems in staffing for agricultural enterprises have been identified. The ways of their solution are considered. The requirements of modern crop production for “digital” agronomists are analyzed. The necessity of further cooperation between the state, business, agrarian science, and education is shown.

Conclusion. State support and implementation of programs for the development of the agricultural sector have allowed domestic producers to gain certain competitive advantages in the world agricultural market. There is a large-scale transformation of crop production into a high-tech and knowledge-intensive industry. The Bryansk region demonstrates high achievements in the agricultural sector, it provides high-quality products to the population of the region, Russian and foreign markets. Precision farming, rational use of natural resources are being introduced in farms, and “smart” agricultural machinery is being used. Staffing problems are being successfully solved at the regional level. For the further development of the regional crop production, it is necessary to accelerate the digital modernization of the agrarian sector by increasing resource availability, to develop infrastructure, systems of additional professional education and self-education, to improve the image of rural work, and to increase the level of entrepreneurial culture.