Trends of Scientific and Technical Development of Agriculture in Russia

Purpose: The purpose of this chapter is to assess the current state of Russia’s agricultural sectors in the context of restrictive sanctions and food embargo. The attention has been focused on the need to intensify the production of agricultural raw materials for domestic consumption and export to the world market; and the low efficiency of the main branches of the agroindustrial complex in Russia has been noted. The experience of developed countries evidences that the implementation of advanced information technologies into traditional business processes makes it possible to increase the profitability of agricultural sectors. The development of electronic technologies, implementation of automated data collection devices and processing of the results obtained contribute to the implementation of the Industry 4.0 concept in the transition to an information society.