Digital Transformation of the Agro-industrial Complex in Russia: Necessity and Features

This study aims to substantiate the necessity and study the specifics of the digitalisation of the agro-industrial complex. In modern conditions of organisation and management, the potential for economic growth is contained in the latest digital technologies, which contributes to increasing the accuracy and reliability of management decisions in any branch of the national economy. The economy of the agricultural sector is associated with a variety of technologies in agricultural production and a variety of production processes. The primary agricultural production resources (land, climate, etc.) are limited. Any increase in agricultural production of farm producers opens up soil quality problems, pollution of water bodies, increase in harmful emissions into the atmosphere, etc. Digital technologies in the agroindustrial complex through processing the received information allow users to optimise production and management processes. The use of digital technologies in the agro-industrial complex reduces the negative human impact on natural factors of production, thereby increasing the efficiency of management of this industry. Innovative production technologies provide a similar effect. Digitalisation and digital transformation of the agro-industrial complex are not the purposes of the activities of economic entities but act as part of the mechanism for optimising the potential of agricultural organisations. The methodological basis for this study was the scientific works of economists in the field of digitalisation of the economy in general and the agro-industrial complex in particular. Analytical, logical, monographic scientific methods were used to prepare this paper. The study results concluded that it is impossible to achieve high results in current economic conditions without introducing digital technologies in agricultural