The paper demonstrates the results of the experimental research conducted during the first semester of the academic year 2020/21, including the remote learning period due to the Covid19 pandemic situation, at the lessons of English for Specific Purposes (ESP) (with students of Specialties 208 “Agrarian Engineering” and 141 “Electrical Engineering and Energy”) at the State Agrarian and Engineering University in Podilia, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Ukraine. The research basically analyses how TED (Technology, Entertainment, and Design) Talks impact university students’ listening comprehension and speaking skills. Online study support for ESP was personally created by the educators as a four-credit course due to ECTS in the Moodle Learning Management System (LMS) with the application of TED Talks, which was used for study purposes on the B1 level. The research sample is represented by 50 students majoring in Agrarian Engineering and 50 students majoring in Electrical Engineering and Energy, all of them enrolled in the mandatory subject of ESP. The subjects (students) were divided into the experimental and control groups. At the beginning of the course, the students wrote the pre-test, for their start level to be evaluated, and at the end of the semester - the post-test was done to check the achievements and probable benefits of TED Talks. The experiment results demonstrated the improvement of both groups while it was proved statistically that the experimental group showed better outcomes both in listening comprehension and speaking skills respectively. The questionnaires, distributed among the students, consisted of 5 questions, where they expressed their personal opinions about the e-learning process, and according to which the TED Talks influence on their listening and speaking skills was evaluated. The feedback of the questionnaires proved that the students mostly had a positive attitude concerning engaging TED Talks into the learning process, especially those who were involved in the experiment.

It is determined that in economic science there is no single approach to the interpretation of the concept of 'innovation'. It is suggested that taking into account the radical changes that are in the world economy today it is necessary to use the extended concept of innovation, which should be understood as the results of the development transformation, research, ideas and their combination into a radically new or improved technological, economic, social solution, the results of which can be applied in practice. The main indicators that determine the level of innovation development of a country or region and provide an opportunity to determine the impact on economic development are covered. The place of Ukraine in such ratings according to indicators of innovative development in 2017, 2018 and problems that cause their low level are defined. The improvement directions of the innovative development level of the country are defined and the real steps taken by the government of the country to correct the negative trends through the introduction of digital transformation of the country's economy, the transition from raw material to high-tech production and the basis of innovative IT technologies and communications are shown.

It has been established that the main goal of the innovative development of the ecosystem of Ukraine in the post-war period is to create conditions taking into account the specifics of the business processes of the release and introduction of high-tech competitive innovative products to the market by business entities for the benefit of the implementation of strategic state priorities and the prospect of implementation/implementation at the world level. The forecasting of indices of global innovative development of the innovative index of the competitiveness of the ecosystem of Ukraine indicates a high probability of increasing efficiency, which will contribute to the forcing of new creative ideas that will contribute to the restoration of infrastructure while ensuring a transparent structure of regulation, stimulation, and determination of a possible trajectory in accordance with the goals of implementing the strategy for the recovery of the economy. The proposed model of innovative development and implementation of the goal and system of goals of the ecosystem through the management of high-tech activities on the territory of Ukraine is based on the commercialization of scientific knowledge and the results of scientific research; financing mechanisms, and infrastructure development.

The aim of the study is to develop a structural and logical model of the develop-ment of innovative sustainable technologies of energy supply and economic growth of the country's agro-food system. The relevance of the work is due to the need for development of innovative models of energy supply in agro-food system taking into account the world vector on sustainability development. The article considers the investment determinant of the development of innovative sustaina-ble technologies of energy supply in the agro-food system of Ukraine. The statisti-cal method, methods of formalization and analysis were used during the research. The characteristic of the investment determinant with the focus on the transfor-mation of the investment process in the development of sustainable innovative products, innovative business models and business startups of the energy supply in the fields of agro-food system is formalized. The innovative activity of the branches of the agro-food group of Ukraine, the volumes and structure of invest-ing of their innovative technologies of sustainable energy supply are analyzed. The interdependence of the investment determinant of the development innovative technologies of energy supply and economic growth countries of the world by level of income and welfare of the population is proved. A model of investment busi-ness processes in the food processing industry with the need for investment re-sources for development of the innovative technologies of sustanable energy sup-ply in the agro-food system of the country is proposed. The coordination and combination of efforts of business structures, public authorities, and local gov-ernment processes have high effectiveness. Therefore, the problem of investment by the nature of the strategic direction of the innovative business model in the agro-food industry could be successfully solved.

Розглянуто процеси формування та розвитку цифрової економіки України, досліджуються відмінності й особливості її функціонування та вплив на конкурентоспроможність національної економіки. Визначається, що цифровізація країни це не простий перехід на електронне врядування, а повномасштабне впровадження цифрових технологій у всі сфери життя суспільства: від освіти, навичок, виробництва, бізнесу до подолання цифрового розриву та створення повноцінної цифрової інфраструктури. Розглянуто основні інформаційно-комунікативні технології для сільськогосподарського виробництва. Визначено основоположні моменти цифрової стратегії країни, окреслено проблеми цифровізації галузей, зокрема агропромислового комплексу, та шляхи їх вирішення. Basic information and communication technologies for agricultural production are considered. The transition of agricultural enterprises to e-agriculture can ensure the use of modern digital technologies, such as computers, servers, websites; various mobile devices; satellites; telephones and communications; telecommunications; sensor networks; cloud storage technologies and analytics; Internet and broadband.