Personnel training system for digital agricultural economy: main perspectives and limitations

The main trend in training for the digital agricultural economy is the improvement of the trainingsystem in educational institutions and the training of specialists in information and communicationtechnologies for the agricultural sector of the economy. The main problems of training personnelfor the digital agrarian economy are: non-prestigious work and housing in rural areas for youngprofessionals; digital inequality between residents of rural and urban areas; digital illiteracy of thepopulation in rural areas; complexity of introducing and adapting digital technologies in theagricultural sector due to industry specifics; insufficient funding for innovations in the agriculturalsector; lack of an effective mechanism for interaction between educational institutions andagribusiness enterprises. The main directions for improving the system of personnel training forthe agro-industrial complex are modernization of educational programs of secondary and higheragrarian education in terms of increasing the share of professional disciplines aimed at masteringdigital competencies; opening of new promising areas for training specialists in the field of digitaltechnologies in agriculture with the allocation of budget places depending on the specific needsof the regional economy; close connection of educational institutions with enterprises - employers in matters of joint practice-oriented training; creation of a system of additional professionaleducation aimed at continuous training of competitive personnel for the agrarian sector.