Abstract:

Russia has significant production and scientific potential that can contribute to the development of the agro-industrial complex. Still, agricultural production in Russia was not perceived as an object of technological innovation for a long time. The growing demand for agricultural products in the domestic and world markets and the recent shortage of specialized experts (due to outflow of the population from the village) and of material resources (due to the unbalanced development in the country's economy) requires agricultural producers to look for ways of a more rationalized use of resources and an increase in labor productivity. Modern technologies of precision farming can provide a solution to this problem, and there is a need for a thorough scientific study and a lot of systematic monitoring. The article presents the results of research on the scale of precision farming technology (PFT) distribution in the Orenburg region. Agriculture plays a significant role in the region's economy, with about 14% of the employed population working in agriculture and 10.3 million hectares of land being used for agricultural purposes. On the basis of the computational-constructive method, the authors of the article calculated the forecast for the medium-term perspective of the industry's performance indicators taking into account the implementation of individual elements of this technology in the crop production of the region. According to the authors, the development of PFT on the basis of information and communication technologies directly determines the prospects for the development of the digital economy of agriculture in Russia.