Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 24 ISSUE 3
Written by Marianna VASILCHENKO, Elena DERUNOVA

In the international food market at the global level, one of the major task and strategic goal of any country is to sustain technologically and financially food security. The goal of this research work is to quantify the reserves for increasing agricultural production and to set up the directions for its sustainability. The study emphasized the opinions of foreign and Russian scientists who were dealing with the sustainability of rural areas. The dynamics of the pace of agricultural development in leading foreign countries is empirically studied, and the trends in innovative development are substantiated. The directions for sustainable growth of production potential are improved taking into account environmental factors: development of innovation and investment mechanisms to stimulate the introduction of digital technologies in agricultural production, development of scientific and educational centers to build up digital competencies, formation of a system of package solutions ready for implementation in agricultural production of digital technologies. For evaluating the efficiency of the presented activities, there were used specific indicators. The criteria reflecting the efficiency of the implementation of digital technologies regard the degree of their distribution, the increase of crop yields, the reduction and optimization of the production costs related to farm inputs. The practical value of the results is in the development of a strategy for sustainable development of rural areas.

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