DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY OF AGRICULTURE

Abstract

The article is devoted to the consideration of the concept of “smart agriculture” as an important element of digital transformation of the agricultural sector within the framework of the concept of “Agriculture 4.0”. The article highlights the problems of building a unified architecture and standards of integration of digital solutions as one of the ways to create effective digitalization. The problem of heterogeneity of approaches to the digital platform and its functionality, which makes it difficult to harmonize the processes of digital transformation, is revealed. It focuses on the introduction of precision farming technologies, remote sensing and robotization, on the use of cloud computing, big data and artificial intelligence to create a unified intellectual ecosystem, taking into account the regional peculiarities of the organization of activities of agrarian business entities. Special attention is paid to resource optimization, sustainable production, efficient use of technology, data management as the main elements of digitalization in order to increase the informativeness of management decision-making processes. Approaches to the formation of an effective digital platform by creating an ecosystem based on open software solutions that take into account regional specifics and contribute to the optimization of agrarian production management and risk reduction are proposed.