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Digitalization of Agricultural Sector Considered at EEF 2024
Establishment of a trusted business ecosystem for circulation of agricultural produce within the Eurasian Economic Union on a paperless basis may become an additional impetus for the digitalization of a large array of data throughout the value chain. This will improve the efficiency of interaction between government and business and, in the long term, the sector competitiveness. Such conclusions were reached by participants of the expert session Digitalization of the Agro-Industrial Complex in the Context of Ensuring Traceability of Agricultural Products and Developing Trade, held as part of the business program of the 3rd Eurasian Economic Forum.
"At the national level, the EAEU states are actively developing digital services in agriculture, aimed at automating the provision of public services based on collecting and processing big data and transforming the agricultural market. The Commission is open and ready to consider proposals for scaling up the best national practices to the EAEU as a whole," emphasized Gohar Barseghyan, Minister in charge of Industry and Agriculture of the Eurasian Economic Commission.
Representatives of FAO and the International Grains Council spoke about global trends in the area in question. Samat Nasirdinov, Deputy Minister of Water Resources, Agriculture and Processing Industry of the Kyrgyz Republic, and Svetlana Alexeeva, Deputy Head of Rosselkhoznadzor, explored the topic of developing state digital platforms. Experts from the Information and Accounting Center of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Kazakhstan shared the experience of functioning of electronic grain receipts in Kazakhstan.
"On the one hand, information resources allow government agencies to automate processing of certain data and details; on the other hand, they open up opportunities for business entities to simplify interaction with government and regulatory agencies to the most. As a result, there is a growing trust of market participants and the state to each other," Nonna Kagramanyan, Vice President and Head of the Executive Committee of the Business Russia All-Russian Public Organization, stressed at the end of the meeting.
