Increasing the competitiveness of domestic agriculture in the conditions of introducing precision farming technologies

Issue № 12, vol. 1, 2021, article № 13, pages 109-114

Section: Economics of agribusiness sectors

Language: Russian

Original language title: ПОВЫШЕНИЕ КОНКУРЕНТОСПОСОБНОСТИ ОТЕЧЕСТВЕННОГО СЕЛЬСКОГО ХОЗЯЙСТВА В УСЛОВИЯХ ВНЕДРЕНИЯ ТЕХНОЛОГИЙ ТОЧНОГО ЗЕМЛЕДЕЛИЯ

Keywords: THREATS, OPPORTUNITIES, WEAKNESSES, STRENGTHS, EXPERT JUDGMENT, PRECISION FARMING TECHNOLOGIES, PRECISION FARMING, AGRICULTURE

Abstract: The main hypothesis of the study is that the use of precision farming technologies will increase the competitiveness of agriculture by enhancing internal competitive advantages associated with lower production costs of goods. The purpose of the study is to analyze the prospects for increasing the competitiveness of domestic agriculture in the context of the introduction of precision farming technologies. An analysis of the activities was carried out and a grouping of 34 agricultural organizations of the Sverdlovsk region (72,% of their total number), using precision farming technologies, was carried out. The author's grouping of agricultural organizations is proposed, depending on the share of jobs equipped with precision farming technologies. With the increasing share of precision farming jobs, there has been an exponential decline in production costs. In the group of agricultural organizations, with a share of jobs equipped with precision farming technologies, up to 10%, the average decrease in production costs was 0.19 percentage points, with a share of jobs from 10 to 20% - a decrease in costs by 0.97 percentage points, over 20% - 1.04 percentage points. This allows us to conclude that there are competitive advantages of organizations using precision farming technologies in comparison with organizations without them. At the same time, the determining factor is their systematic use, covering the largest number of processes and workplaces.

Authors: Gusev Aleksei Sergeevich, Skvortsov Egor Artemovich, Skvortsova Ekaterina Gennadevna