Current state and prospects for increasing production of organic crop products in Russia based on the use of digital and smart technologies
V.M. Shuganov, A.M. Leshkenov
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Abstract. The article discusses the current state of organic production in various countries around the world, as well as trends and prospects for its development in Russia. The average annual growth of organic production in the world is 12–15%, and this rate will continue until 2025, when its production volumes will reach approximately $212–230 billion, or 3–5% of the agricultural market. Russia occupies 0.2% of the global organic market. The article discusses the main technologies for optimizing organic production: increasing natural soil fertility, planning plantings, using crop rotations, protecting plants from weeds, diseases, and pests. The article presents the possibilities of introducing digital and smart technologies using various foreign and domestic companies as examples, and notes the high efficiency of using: remote sensing of the earth, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles, autonomous, mobile robotic devices, modeling and forecasting systems, predictive analytics, the Internet of Things (IoT), online platforms, artificial intelligence technologies, and the integrated intelligent system “Smart Field”. Based on the research of the KBSC RAS, analysis of data from domestic and foreign scientists in the field of agriculture, a rationale is given and the feasibility of developing agrotechnical, digital and smart technologies in the production of organic crop products is noted.
Keywords: agriculture, crop production, organic products, automation, robots, unmanned aerial vehicles, digital technologies, agricultural technologies
For citation. Shuganov V.M., Leshkenov A.M. Current state and prospects for increasing production of organic crop products in Russia based on the use of digital and smart technologies. News of the Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center of RAS.2025. Vol. 27. No. 1. Pp. 31–41. DOI: 10.35330/1991-6639-2025-27-1-31-41
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Vladislav M. Shuganov, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Head of the Research and Innovation Center Intellectual systems and environments for the production and consumption of food products, Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
360010, Russia, Nalchik, 2 Balkarov street;
vmshuganov@mail.ru, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5189-998Х
Aslan M. Leshkenov, Researcher, Head of the Laboratory of Agricultural Robotics of the Scientific and Innovation Center Intelligent Systems and Environments of Production and Consumption of Food Products, Kabardino-Balkarian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences;
360010, Russia, Nalchik, 2 Balkarov street;
aslan.leshckenov@yandex.ru, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9516-3213











