DIGITALIZATION OF AGRICULTURE REQUIRES GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
Digitalization in the article is considered as a key factor in the further development of rural areas and agriculture. Attention is paid to the backwardness in the digital development of our country from world powers and to significant interregional as well as intersectoral imbalances in the digitalization of the economy and society as a whole. Objective and subjective reasons for the insuficient use of digital technologies in the agricultural sector are given, taking into account regional specifics. The main drivers of agribusiness digitalization and the potential for their use in the region are identifed. Particular attention is paid to the problems of the development of electronic commerce in the agricultural sector, distance learning for rural schoolchildren and agricultural specialists, Internet services for rural residents, the use of ICT in agricultural production