The study of the impact of introduction of precision farming technologies on the main production and economic indicators at agriculture organizations

Abstract

The economic efficiency of using precision farming technologies has not been profoundly studied by domestic and foreign scientists. The purpose of the study is to analyze and assess the impact of the use of precision farming technologies on the level of consumption of the main types of resources used and the main economic indicators of agricultural organizations. To reach the aim and objectives of the study, 41 agricultural organizations of the Sverdlovsk Oblast were analyzed, a system of indicators was proposed to assess the effectiveness of these technologies. The most widespread technologies are satellite vehicle monitoring systems. Their use makes it possible to have a fuel consumption saving of 6.3%, the total economic effect is 60.8 thousand rubles, and their payback period is 0.64 years. The use of precision farming technologies gives savings of 1.1% in seed consumption, fertilizers - 3.1%, plant protection products - 3.6% and fuel consumption - 6.3%. The most widespread technologies are precision farming, which are relatively easy to use, do not require profound training and material investments, and have a short payback period. The use of these technologies allows to have an increase in profitability of up to 2.3 percentage points if all vehicles are equipped with technologies of satellite monitoring, parallel driving, etc. In general, the group of studied organizations have an increase in profitability of 0.78 percentage points.