The Modernization of the Multifunctional Agrarian Sector and Development Outlooks in the Region

Abstract

Nowadays, issues related to the revivification of rural areas, the increase in the level and quality of life of local population and the insurance of food safety in the whole country are of crucial importance. The main aim of the research was to identify the relation between modernization in agriculture and its multifunctional nature as well as the development outlooks of the rural areas of the Omsk Region. The article presents a brief theoretical analysis of possible trends in the development of agriculture, its transformation and impact on rural areas based on both domestic and foreign practices. On the basis of statistic data analysis, a brief description of the current socio-economic state of the Omsk Region as a typical representative of agro-industrial territories is presented, while the characteristics of the development of its rural areas are highlighted. A trend towards technical and technological reequipment in agriculture, an increase in funding volumes in plant and animal production with the substitution of obsolete tractors, combined grain and feed harvesters and the modernization of livestock farms and enterprises based on digital technologies are indentified. The impact of agrarian production on the multifunctionality of agriculture and development of rural areas is determined. The necessity to train highly qualified staff for the local agrarian sector in the light of the conditions of the sectoral labor market is legitimated. Forecast possibilities regarding the development of the Omsk Region are presented taking into account the modernization and technological re-equipment of agriculture.