Agricultural sector of Kazakhstan: focus on innovative development

The goal is to show the importance of innovative technologies that contribute to the development of agricultural sector of Kazakhstan.

Methods – objectivism, logical-methodological approach, phenomenalism.

Results – as the authors note, today it is obvious that creation of new and modernization of existing industries requires the use of the latest technology and equipment. On this basis, it is possible not only to ensure food security of the republic, but also to fully realize export potential of agricultural sector of economy. Large innovative projects are being intensively developed and implemented to increase the potential of agro-industrial complex. The main constraining factors for increasing innovative activity at present are as follows: the lack of sufficient volumes of production of domestic competitive agricultural products and products of their processing on the world market; low level of the effective demand from agribusiness; underdevelopment of the innovation-conducting infrastructure “from science to producer”; non–compliance of the material and technical base of Kazakhstani agro-industrial production with new economic and production requirements; high cost of innovation. The article discusses the Fitbit technology; various devices, platforms and remote sensing based on artificial intelligence; vertical farming.

Conclusions – the authors state that modernization of the country's AIC in the future is robotization. It is substantiated that the State should legally and economically motivate the introduction of autonomous robots. For example, the programs for the development of agriculture in the Republic of Kazakhstan can be based on robotization concepts through the use of techno logies such as the Verdant Robotics weeding device. Particular attention should be paid to the formation of regulatory and legal mechanisms that facilitate the flow of innovations into agricultural sector, as well as public support for them, organization of an effective system capable of concentrating investment resources in priority areas, and the creation of conditions for training of qualified personnel. This proves the relevance and timeliness of scientific developments in the proposed direction.

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