Fedorova A.A. Factors and Conditions of Digital Servitization of Agricultural Machine Engineering in the South of Russia

Anna A.  Fedorova
Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don, Russian Federation

Abstract. A new trend in the development of agricultural engineering is digital servitization, which stimulates the implementation of import substitution policy and provides the basis for the modernization of national enterprises. This study identifies and analyzes the factors and conditions for implementing digital servitization projects at agricultural engineering enterprises in the South of Russia. The research uses methods of statistical analysis, as well as the analysis of scientific publications. The results of the study showed that agricultural machinery in the regions of South of Russia has the potential for digital development. The main prerequisite for the development of digital servitization in agricultural engineering is the increase in the level of technological sovereignty of the national industry. This is directly connected with the need for the development of digital services in maintenance and repair of manufactured agricultural machinery. The main conditions for implementing digital servitization of mechanical engineering are defined as: institutionalization of digital transformations in the industry; development of relationships with agricultural producers; development of the digital environment in the region; formation of digital competencies of workers in mechanical engineering production. It was concluded that, in order to stimulate the implementation of these projects, active government support is needed in terms of the development of strategic and legal documents regulating the processes of digital transformation in the industry.
Key words: digital servitization, industrial production, import substitution, agricultural engineering, South of Russia, innovative activity, digitalization, agriculture.
Citation. Fedorova A.A., 2025. Factors and Conditions of Digital Servitization of Agricultural Machine Engineering in the South of Russia. Regionalnaya ekonomika. Yug Rossii [Regional Economy. South of Russia], vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 161-172. (in Russian). DOI: https://doi.org/10.15688/re.volsu.2025.1.16

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