Published in Scientific Papers. Series "Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and rural development", Vol. 25 ISSUE 1
Written by Dobri DUNCHEV, Veselin ALEKSOV

The management of agriculture in recent times is enabling entirely new approaches to keep up with the times and to tackle one of the greatest challenges of our time, namely the climate change we are witnessing, with average temperatures rising much faster than in the last century. Nanotechnology, the Internet of Things, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and other technologies are making steady inroads by farmers so that they can plan more accurately for fertilisation, irrigation, yield forecasting, disease management, and risk management. These innovations, the data they collect and the solutions they present, combine to promote a variety of positive effects - economic, social and environmental. In recent decades, with the improvement and implementation of these agricultural technologies, they have contributed to environmental protection by reducing soil, water and atmospheric gas pollution, and economically enabled farmers to achieve better sustainability and financial results. The aim of this study is to assess the potential of these technologies to contribute to positive environmental impacts, food security and sustainability. The methodology of this study is to review and summarize literature, articles, reports, etc. and to compare different methods and analyze the results. The results clearly show that digital technologies will play a major role in combating climate change, but also reveal serious challenges for their mass integration due to high costs and limited access, especially observed in developing countries.

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