The use of geographic information systems in agriculture to increase production
2020
Arkhipov, A., Moscow Polytechnic Univ. (Russian Federation) | Demidov, D., Moscow Polytechnic Univ. (Russian Federation) | Arsentiev, D,, Moscow Polytechnic Univ. (Russian Federation)
Due to the long production cycle, agriculture was not a business, which was attractive for investors for a long time. It is prone to natural risks and huge crop losses during cultivation, harvesting and storage, and the inability to automate biological processes and the lack of progresses in improving productivity and innovation. The use of IT in agriculture was limited to the use of computers and software mainly for financial management and business transactions tracking. Today, in industrialized countries, agriculture is put on an industrial basis. This means not only the use of powerful agricultural equipment, advanced agronomic methods and highly effective chemicals, but also the involvement of the most modern computer technologies. The introduction of computer technology in agriculture is somewhat behind industry, but today we can observe massive introduction of computer technology in agriculture in the United States, Europe and Russia. Agriculture is a perfect field to apply the information technologies. In this case, for effective and sustainable functioning of business enterprises in the new conditions, it is necessary to apply advanced information technologies to identify their internal reserves and attract external investments. This article discusses the importance of implementing information technology in the agro-industrial complex, agricultural problems, the need for the use of GIS systems will also be considered, the features of some systems will be analysed. Based on the study, the authors propose solutions to some problems using GIS systems.
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