INCREASING FOOD QUALITY AT SMART FARMS AS A PROMISING PATH FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURIT

Abstract

We elaborate on the features of the impact of smart farms (technologies), used for the improvement of product quality, on the UN SDGs that are connected with food security and sustainable development of the agrarian sector. The presented specifics of the implementation of smart technologies are considered in the context of the creation of farms, which structure and organisation are based on innovative digital, genetic and process solutions (experience of China) and in the context of the use of certain optimisation solutions (experience of other leading countries in the sphere of agriculture). We show the necessity to solve the problems of product quality through the implementation of technologies that can oppose climate change and are aimed at environmental protection. The methods used in this work include the method of complex analysis, statistical method and method of classification. The scientific novelty of this research lies in the identification of the modern characteristics of the influence of smart farms (technologies), used for the increase in product quality, on the social and economic Sustainable Development Goals.

Keywords

• food quality
• agricultural production
• smart farms
• digital technologies
• climate change
• biodiversity
• agriculture
• crop yield