DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES OF ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
On 6 December 2018, Section 6 “Digital technologies of ensuring environmental compatibility of agricultural production” of the International scientific and technical conference “Digital technologies and robotics for agriculture”, organized by Federal Scientific Agroengineering Centre VIM, was held at the Institute for Engineering and Environmental Problems in Agricultural Production (IEEP - branch FSAC VIM) in Saint Petersburg-Pushkin. The results of above 20 investigations within the scope of the section were reported. The article describes the major findings of IEEP and other scientific and production organisations, with which the institute cooperates in this sphere, namely, environmental challenges in farming and the ways to address them; methods of development and practical introduction of digital technologies; non-traditional energy sources included in the digital technologies. Survey of the outcomes of completed and exploratory research proves the great potential of IEEP and partner scientific and production organisations in the field of digital technology development. Organization of research on the programme “Digital Agriculture (Smart Agriculture)” requires the provision of special conditions for fruitful interdisciplinary cooperation in solving the most pressing problems of agriculture development, including its environmental compatibility.