Digitalization in the Agricultural Sector: Opportunities, Threats, and New Economic Behavior Models
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https://doi.org/10.69760/portuni.26030008Keywords:
agricultural sector, agriculture, digital economy, digital technologies, sustainability, threat, information, efficiencyAbstract
The scientific article discusses the steps taken to develop activities in the agricultural sector, discusses the important direction of the digital economy, the application of digital technologies, and the expansion of digital payments. Technological solutions that can be considered perfect today are proposed to prevent attempts to monopolize the digital market by owning information.
The article notes the advantages of the formation and development of the digital economy in public life and emphasizes that, along with their realization, they also entail quite serious threats. Among the factors threatening the stability of the digital economy, the unequal distribution of information resources deserves special attention.
The article lists the problems of digitalization in the agricultural sector, states that it is impossible to eliminate the listed and other problems in isolation, in other words, they need a comprehensive approach.
Finally, it is emphasized that in order for digitalization in the agricultural sector to bring real results in practice, this process should be aimed at creating new models of economic behavior of market participants.
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