IMPROVEMENT OF INNOVATIVE INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE AGRARIAN SPHERE TO ACCELERATE THE DIGITALIZATION OF THE AGRICULTURAL INDUSTRY

DOI 10.33938/2012-72

Issue № 12, 2020, article № 9, pages 72-81

Section: Investment and innovation in agriculture

Language: Russian

Original language title: СОВЕРШЕНСТВОВАНИЕ ИННОВАЦИОННОЙ ИНФРАСТРУКТУРЫ В АГРАРНОЙ СФЕРЕ ДЛЯ УСКОРЕНИЯ ЦИФРОВИЗАЦИИ АГРОПРОМЫШЛЕННОГО КОМПЛЕКСА

Keywords: INNOVATION INFRASTRUCTURE, AGRICULTURAL CONSULTING INSTITUTE, TRANSFER OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, COMPETENCE CENTERS, DIGITALIZATION OF THE AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX, DIGITAL AGRICULTURAL SOLUTIONS

Abstract: As a result of the study, the necessity of improving the innovation infrastructure, contributing to the full-scale implementation of innovative technologies based on the digitalization of the agro-industrial complex, was substantiated. The analysis of the existing innovation infrastructure is carried out, the role of the institute of agricultural consulting in the innovative development of the agro-industrial complex is shown. At the beginning of 2019, 87 organizations provided consulting services in the field of agro-industrial complex and rural development in 62 constituent entities of the Russian Federation at the regional level, 16 regional centers have a regional network represented by 190 information and consulting structures. In 2018, they provided 240.7 thousand consulting services to agricultural producers and the rural population, held 2,770 training events attended by more than 99 thousand listeners, introduced 866 innovative products, and implemented 861 innovative projects. On the basis of the existing centers of agricultural consulting at the federal and regional levels, as well as in the structure of agricultural universities, it is proposed to create competence centers for the digitalization of the agro-industrial complex in order to develop digital solutions based on demonstration farms and the subsequent implementation of complex proven solutions in agricultural production, the development of new competencies among specialists of agricultural organizations. The goals and objectives of the Competence Center for the digitalization of the agro-industrial complex are grounded, a model for the transfer of innovative technologies based on the digitalization of the agro-industrial complex is presented.

Authors: Demishkevich Galina Mikhailovna, CHepik Denis Anatolevich