Digital Technologies and their Effects on and Usefulness to the Competitive Potential of the Agricultural Sector

Abstract

A digital economy is one of the key priorities of the modern world and is being used in all areas of society, including agriculture. Prospects for the development of agriculture can not be imagined without digital transformation. Digital economy in agriculture is aimed at satisfying the needs of the population in food, ensuring the growth of the agro-industrial complex, and especially the volume of export production, the growth of revenue from the use of resource potential, cost optimization and productivity increase. The relevance of the study is the introduction of digital technologies in the field of agriculture, including drones, unmanned vehicles, automated robots. According to experts, the introduction of digital technologies will save 20-30% of the costs of agricultural enterprises. The main purpose of the article is to consider the issues of integrating digital technologies into agriculture.