TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX OF RUSSIA IN THE CONTEXT OF INDUSTRY 4.0 DEVELOPMENT: AN INTEGRAL ASSESSMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY

Issue № 6, 2026, article № 12, pages 135-144

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Language: Russian

Original language title: ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ ТРАНСФОРМАЦИЯ АГРОПРОМЫШЛЕННОГО КОМПЛЕКСА РОССИИ В УСЛОВИЯХ РАЗВИТИЯ ИНДУСТРИИ 4.0: ИНТЕГРАЛЬНАЯ ОЦЕНКА ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТИ И УСТОЙЧИВОСТИ

Keywords: 0, AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, INDUSTRY 4, INTEGRATED ASSESSMENT OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNET OF THINGS (IOAT), CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS, COMPETITIVENESS, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, TECHNOLOGICAL SOVEREIGNTY, COST FORMATION, SUPPLY CHAIN SUSTAINABILITY, DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Abstract: The modern agro-industrial complex (AIC) of Russia is undergoing active transformation under the influence of external and internal factors, the most significant of which include rising logistics costs, sanctions pressure, and fragmented access to individual technological components. These factors highlight the need to increase labor productivity, reduce unit costs, and strengthen the resilience of food supply chains while maintaining the quality and regularity of supplies. Within the framework of economic theory and applied research, the digital transformation of the AIC, in the logic of increasing economic efficiency and implementing the systems of the Industry 4.0 concept, is interpreted as a transition from local automation to data-driven management, and to the cyber-physical integration of production, infrastructure, and logistics circuits along the entire value chain of "production – storage – processing – logistics – sales". The consequence of this transition is a shift in competitiveness toward manageable losses, reduced transaction costs, increased reliability of contract execution, and risk resilience, which is especially significant in the context of external shocks and increased volatility of resource supply. The aim of the study is to develop economic and mathematical tools for an integral assessment of the efficiency and sustainability of technological transformation of the AIC. The scientific novelty of the work consists of theoretical and practical assessments of the current digitalization model of Russian agriculture under the Industry 4.0 system; a clarification of the conceptual framework through an analysis of the constituent technologies of the term "Internet of Agro-Industrial Things" (IoAT), which defines the management object as a network of cyber-physical assets of the agro-industrial system and expands the Internet of Things in Agriculture (IoTAg); as well as the construction of an integral indicator that allows comparing the effects of digitalization across territories and farm types, taking into account digital connectivity and factors of technological independence.

Authors: Mazarchuk Timofey Mikhailovich, SHarkova Antonina Vasilevna, Petukhova Ekaterina Pavlovna