Improving the training of agricultural personnel in the context of agricultural digitalization: the case of Sverdlovsk region, Russia

Abstract

The article presents the theoretical, methodological and empirical aspects of improving the training of personnel for agriculture on the example of digital agriculture in the Sverdlovsk region. A review of scientific sources on the studied issues is carried out. The basis of empirical research is the analysis of statistical data on the state of agriculture in Russia, as well as the analysis of statistical indicators of official reports of the agro-industrial complex and the consumer market of the Sverdlovsk region (2014-2019). The work uses data from independent Russian and foreign consulting and research institutions. In this article, the author solves the main problems in the field of agriculture.

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Improving the training of agricultural personnel in the context of agricultural digitalization: the case of Sverdlovsk region, Russia

“…A system of accurate driving and remote quality control of technological processes, both portable and stationary, mounted in certain types of equipment was used by 12,3% of large agricultural organizations and only 3,3% of small, 0,5% of peasant (farmer) households and individual entrepreneurs [16]. This is partly due to the fact that there is still a digital divide between city and village, in rural areas, especially in the "rural outback", there is insufficient development of the socalled Digital infrastructure.…”