INFORMATION SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT IN AGRITECH FOR FOOD SECURITY

Abstract

In this paper, we considered and characterised the features of information systems management of agricultural production processes, which are based on agricultural technologies to support and increase food security in the domestic and external markets. We revealed management models in this category, which are used in the agrarian sector of Canada and Vietnam. Differences between these two models are connected with several factors, including socioeconomic development, quality of arable land, availability of resources and their cost, level of labour resources' readiness to the implementation of new ICT, and farms’ adopting the necessity of transition to precise farming. The revealed advantages and problems of implementing Agritech at the level of the two countries demonstrate that the focus on sustainable and precise farming has become a new trend in this sphere. The goal of this paper was to establish the features of the formation of approaches to information systems management in Agritech to ensure the food security of countries that produce agricultural products. The scientific novelty of this paper lies in the determination of approaches to the implementation and management of information systems in the considered category, which facilitate the creation of conditions for the growth of efficiency of agricultural productions under the influence of threats of climate change.

Keywords

• agritech
• food security
• agricultural production
• precise farming
• farms
• information systems management