Global Agricultural Policy Trends: Bridging the Digital Divide

The study traces the major changes in the world community approaches to the agricultural policy shaping in response to digitization. The evolution of agricultural policy affected by high technologies is an important trend in the late 20th and early 21st century. In the last decade, the focus on creating level playing field for economic operators to access the agricultural market in the context of increasing digital divide is one of vectors in line with the overall transformation of agricultural policy. Digital divide in the farm sector is supplemented and amplified by the so-called "triple divide". The industry faces different access conditions for companies and individuals to manufacturing resources and market opportunities on gender, social and educational grounds. This situation exacerbates market discrepancy and social problems. Agricultural policy trends in the context of innovative development reflect the efforts of the world community to bridge the digital divide for the sustainability degree of the agricultural sector. Keywords—agricultural policy; digital divide; global market;