O. E. Ivanova, N. N. Gorbina
Kostroma State Agricultural Academy, Karavaevo settlement, Kostroma region, Russia
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Volume 25 No. 5
Date of paper submission: 08.12.2024, date of review: 05.02.2025, date of acceptance: 27.03.2025.
Published: 05/31/2025
Abstract. The development of smart rural areas stimulates economic activity, promotes social inclusion, and provides access to modern services and technologies. This new reality emphasizes the need for rapid implementation of digital solutions that can be the key to sustainable development. The main objective of this paper is to summarize the current trends of digitalization within the framework of rural rationalization of the use of digital methods designed to achieve “digital maturity”. The theoretical and methodological basis of the study is formed by fundamental provisions and works of scientists in the field of digitalization. The main methods of research are empirical methods of cognition, as well as inductive and deductive approaches. The scientific novelty of the work consists in rethinking the importance of digitalization of the agro-industrial complex (AIC) using the developed system of indicators to determine the level of digitalization using the index method. As a result of the assessment and calculation of the index, the authors carried out a regional grouping of the subjects of the Central Federal District of the Russian Federation. The article reveals the features of the implemented projects of strategic regional development based on digital technologies and platform solutions that allow to bring rural areas to the trajectory of sustainable economic growth. The achieved results can become a foundation for further theoretical and applied research aimed at creating similar trajectories and improving the efficiency of digital agricultural enterprises. The practical significance of the study is due to the findings and results that can be used by authorities at all levels in the development of government programs, plans and strategies in the field of digitalization.
Keywords: digitalization, digital transformation, agriculture, rural areas, criteria, group, project
For citation: Ivanova O. E., Gorbina N. N. Digitalization as a tool for rural development: experience and development prospects. Agrarian Bulletin of the Urals. 2025; 25 (05): 819‒830. https://doi.org/10.32417/1997-4868-2025-25-05-819-830 (In Russ.)
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