E-FARMING AS A TOOL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Digital technologies help accelerate the transformation of the agricultural sector and increase the efficiency of agricultural enterprises; strengthen quality control and traceability of products; improve producers' access to resources and financial markets. Addressing climate change, population growth and food security requires an innovative approach to productivity, including the introduction of digital agriculture. The purpose of this article is to identify the applied aspects and key components of the system of implementation of "e-farming" as a tool for sustainable development. The research identified applied aspects and key components of the system of implementation of "e-farming" as a tool for sustainable development. Theoretical and methodological principles and conceptual approaches to the introduction of "e-farming" as a tool for sustainable development in Ukraine have been developed. Components, technologies and methods of "e-farming" are systematized. The connection between the types of agricultural work and the use of "e-farming" technologies is determined. The components of agricultural platforms for effective management of agricultural enterprises on the basis of digital model are analyzed. Modern digital applications for the introduction of "e-farming" technology for agricultural producers have been systematized. Given the diversity of climatic conditions and the heterogeneity of fields in Ukraine, the feasibility of introducing a system of "e-farming" in agricultural enterprises to minimize risks and optimize costs. It is proved that the introduction of "e-farming" in agricultural enterprises has economic, environmental and social effects, thus ensuring their sustainable development. The economic effect is manifested in increasing yields per hectare of land, reducing crop losses, increasing the efficiency of the land bank; ecological effect – in the production of products in areas of risky agriculture, the ability to influence climate change; social effect – in improving the skills of staff, social standards, market value of land.