Human resources potential as a factor of digital transformation of the agrarian economy

Development of information and communication technologies in all sectors of the Russian economy and the digital transformation of agriculture have a significant impact on the formation and development of the personnel potential of the industry. In turn, these transformations lead to the fact that human resources are the leading intensive factor in the formation and development of the digital economy of the agricultural sector. In the article, the authors consider the features of the formation of human resources in the conditions of developing information and communication technologies, automation of production and the expansion of the use of digital platforms. The authors note that the digital transformation of the industry will have the greatest impact on workers in mass professions, since the widespread use of new technologies may lead to a decrease in the need for workers engaged in operations that do not require high qualifications. Digitalization may have less impact on mid-level specialists and managers, which will cause the need for them to form new competencies for interacting with digital technologies. The main directions for the development of digitalization of the agricultural sector of the economy are the qualitatively new development of human resources and the modernization and restructuring of the agricultural education system in order to increase the demand for graduates of agricultural universities in the new economic conditions. The engine for the development of the personnel training system for the agro-industrial complex in modern conditions is the institutionally developed and constantly improving system of additional professional education.