SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT FOR THE DOMESTIC AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX IS A KEY FACTOR IN ACHIEVING TECHNOLOGICAL SOVEREIGNTY IN THE INDUSTRY

Issue № 2, 2026, article № 7, pages 69-81

Section: Investment and innovation in agriculture

Language: Russian

Original language title: НАУЧНО-ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКОЕ ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЕ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОГО АГРОПРОМЫШЛЕННОГО КОМПЛЕКСА – КЛЮЧЕВОЙ ФАКТОР ДОСТИЖЕНИЯ ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКОГО СУВЕРЕНИТЕТА В ОТРАСЛИ

Keywords: AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL SUPPORT, RUSSIA, TECHNOLOGICAL SOVEREIGNTY

Abstract: This paper addresses the challenge of achieving technological sovereignty in the agro-industrial complex. Agricultural science and high-tech industrial production play a crucial role in this process. Despite the fact that a sufficient number of state support measures have been established for various subsectors of the agro-industrial complex, science, and education, individual links and stages of the innovation cycle continue to operate in a fragmented manner, leading to "technological gaps" in the production cycle, which are often filled by imported solutions. One of the reasons for this situation related to the production of high-tech products is the fragmented nature of governance at the state level. It is noted that, in accordance with Russian Government Order No. 1777 dated June 30, 2022, some research organizations were transferred from the Russian Ministry of Education and Science to the Russian Ministry of Agriculture, an agency responsible for industrial agricultural production in the country and less familiar with the organization of scientific activity. Naturally, the Russian Ministry of Agriculture's capabilities in working with innovative product developers are limited. The author believes that, given the current geopolitical conditions, it is necessary to create new "assembly centers" involving the Department of Agricultural Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences and industrial enterprises of the Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade, building on existing government support measures. The article demonstrates the high dependence of domestic agricultural producers on Western companies for seed and breeding products, active ingredients in plant protection products, and equipment and components for their production. A framework for a complete innovation cycle for the development and introduction of knowledge-intensive, high-tech products to the agricultural market is proposed. An analysis of agricultural science funding, its performance, and the state of scientific potential is provided. A set of organizational measures and economic mechanisms for the scientific and technological development of the Russian agro-industrial complex in the current geopolitical context is developed and proposed for implementation.

Authors: Nechaev Vasilii Ivanovich