Abstract
The President of the Russian Federation has set the task of achieving “digital maturity” of the key economic sectors, including agriculture, by 2030. At the same time, the digitalization of the agro-industrial complex is clearly lagging behind the pace of digital transformation in other sectors of the national economy. There are several reasons for this: the regulatory standards of the agricultural crops cultivation and the farm animals breeding are not perfect; the legal regulation of digitalization in the field of both production and agriculture is fragmented; the use of digital tools and information technologies in agricultural activities appears to be quite complicated. The article not only analyzes modern acts affecting the digital transformation of agriculture in the Russian Federation (including acts of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation) and the problems of their application, but also suggests measures aimed to stimulate agricultural producers and food-processing companies, introducing innovative digital technologies, as well as provides recommendations for the use of special legal regimes that entered into force in 2021.
Highlights
The President of the Russian Federation, in Decree No 474 dated July 21, 2020 "On the National Development Goals of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030", set the task to "ensure digital transformation" by 2030, an integral part of which is to achieve the "digital maturity" of agriculture as one of the key sectors of the domestic economy
The digitalization of the agroindustrial complex is clearly lagging behind the pace of digital transformation in other sectors of the national economy
The analysis shows that documents in the field of digitalization of agriculture in the Russian Federation are accepted by state authorities, and by various committees, councils or bureaus attached to them, which are not among the power institutions, which raises a big question about the legal force of the documents approved by them and their ability to have a regulatory impact and ensure the digital transformation of agriculture
Summary
The President of the Russian Federation, in Decree No 474 dated July 21, 2020 "On the National Development Goals of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2030", set the task to "ensure digital transformation" by 2030, an integral part of which is to achieve the "digital maturity" of agriculture as one of the key sectors of the domestic economy. The stated national development goal of Russia has replaced the previously established goal of "ensuring the accelerated introduction of digital technologies in the economy" (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated 07.05.2018 No 204 "On national goals and strategic objectives of the development of the Russian Federation for the period up to 2024"). Given the insufficient pace of the introduction of digital technologies in agriculture and assuming prospects from their use, the Russian state in recent years has been actively trying to regulate the relevant sphere of public relations, first of all defining the status, rights and obligations of participants in special relations arising on the Internet and to direct the process of digitalization of agriculture in a certain direction, and in some cases accelerate it
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