Scientific and technical development of regional agriculture: methodological aspects of analysis and forecasting

Abstract

The paper shows that the main sign of the difference between scientific and technological development (STD) and progress (STP) is the degree of impact on the industry in which they occur, which us defined by the keywords “development” and “progress”. In the first case, it is assumed that a transition from one state to another is indispensable, and it is only possible in the second one. Until recently, there is a lack of statistical information on “science and innovation activity” for agriculture as an independent industry. It is emphasized that to assess the level of agricultural development, first of all, it is necessary to apply economic indicators and criteria. Some researchers suggest using the “golden rule” for this purpose, which characterizes the development of the industry or organization. A proprietary version of this criterion is proposed. The completed study shows that the current problem of the pension system arose due to the authors ignoring its development of the scientific and technological progress in the country, as a result of which the living labor is being supplanted, wages are relatively reduced, and the ratio between pensioners and working citizens increases. Since the Pension Fund is formed at the expense of insurance premiums from accrued wages (fund of a payment, or FPW), the possibility of retirement benefits is quite naturally narrowed. The source of financing of the pension system should be a non-reducing wage (labor cost), and its result is the increasing value added.