INTEGRATION OF SCIENCE, EDUCATION, PRODUCTION AS A TOOL FOR SOLVING ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN THE AGRO-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Abstract

The issues of organization and functioning of the integration structures of the «science, education, production» system in the historical period covering the 1920-2023 years of the country’s transformation from a pre-industrial society to a modern highly efficient system were considered. (Research purpose) To trace in historical retrospect how economic, political and social conditions influence the integration processes of the system of science, education, production, the main function of which is the process of introducing scientific knowledge, new technologies and competencies. (Materials and methods) Established that the system approach made it possible to identify the connections between the elements of the system, to trace the adaptation of the system to the effects of external and internal factors. The historical approach made it possible to establish the basic prerequisites that facilitate the beginning of integration processes within the system; highlight positive and negative experiences. (Results and discussion) They gave examples of integration of the agricultural engineering sphere of the agro-industrial complex based on the experience of the Southern Urals region. They covered the work of scientific schools as the basis for the symbiosis of science, education, and production. They showed the key areas of close scientific and industrial cooperation and their results. The analysis of the integration system «science-education-production» was carried out, which showed that the system-forming factor in the organization of integration structures was the system of national planning in the USSR. It was determined that the initiators of the creation of the integration system were leading scientists of the VASKHNIL, Academy of Sciences, research institutes, and higher educational institutions. It was noted that the actual integration of science, education, and production took place in the period of the 1950s and 1960s. (Conclusions) The review of the experience of interaction of integration structures in the agroengineering sphere made it possible to make a number of proposals that should be taken into account in the process of reintegration in modern conditions of science, education and production. The innovative development of the agro-industrial complex largely depends on the level of professional education. Highly qualified specialists serve as the driving intellectual link that ensures technological progress in any society. Historical analysis has shown that highly qualified specialists serve as a driving intellectual link that ensures the growth of technological progress in any society. Production as the basis of the economy should make maximum use of the latest achievements of science and attract highly qualified specialists. It is necessary to create mechanisms for bringing scientific developments to the release of industrial designs and final products.