FOOD SAFETY OF THE REGION IN THE CONTEXT OF USE SMART - TECHNOLOGY IN AGRICULTURAL COMPLEX

Abstract

The article deals with the urgency of the problem of activation of the process of introduction of smart technologies in the agro - industrial complex of Ukraine at the regional level. The main purpose of the research is to substantiate the thesis that the formation of a development strategy, including agribusiness, on the basis of smart specialization, is not only a modern progressive source of high-order competitive advantages for the agribusiness of the region, but also a tool, an impulse to increase the level of food security. . Analyzes of European food security research in recent years have been studied, the results have been interpreted and the role of implementing the concept of smart specialization in the development of these countries has been determined. The authors of the article propose their own system of indicators to determine the levels of influence of regions of Ukraine on the formation of food security of the country, developed in accordance with the methodology Global Food Security Index (GFSI). The foreign experience of the introduction of smart technologies in the agroindustrial complex of regions is investigated, the main guidelines and possibilities of transferring the results of the studied experience to the regions of Ukraine are considered, taking into account the peculiarities of the current legislation of Ukraine and problems and prospects of development of business structures of agriculture. The article also outlines the main trends in agricultural development based on the concept of digitization as one of the determining factors for food security. Modern agroindustrial complex requires rapid changes in accordance with the development of information, communication, innovative technologies. Therefore, the promotion of smart specialization is one of the priorities of regional economic policy, an urgent issue of today and certainly a requirement of the EU within the framework of the Ukraine-EU Agreement, as well as one of the most powerful activators capable of unlocking the regional potential for structural and technological changes in the agro-food sector, agro-industrial modernization on an innovative basis.

Keywords

• продовольча безпека
• агропромисловий комплекс
• інтегральний показник продовольчої безпеки регіону
• смарт – спеціалізація
• смарт – технології