Current State and Problems of Development of the Technical Basis of Agriculture

Agriculture is the central link in the agro-industrial complex, an important source of income and an instrument for ensuring the country's food security. In modern research works, the fundamentals of the development of the technical base of the agricultural economy sector have not been practically revealed. Issues related to the formation and functioning of the agricultural machinery market remain unresolved. In this regard, the search for solutions to the problem of complex mechanization of agriculture is becoming especially relevant in modern conditions. The scientific novelty of the work is to justify the need to improve technical equipment and practical recommendations for the development of the innovative base of agriculture. Provisions that determine the scientific novelty of the study are: to identify the main trends in the changes in the elements of the material and technical base of agriculture in the Republic of Tatarstan and to reveal the necessary modernization and innovative development of the technical base. The practical potential of the research results is to increase the economic efficiency of the technical base of agriculture in the republic. Theoretical and practical results of the study can be recommended for use in the formation of programs for the development of technical equipment of the republican agrarian sector, planning of agricultural production, economic analysis of the economic activity of agricultural enterprises and organizations. Not only the development of the agro-industrial complex as a whole, but also the improvement of the quality of life of the population and its provision with food products depend on the efficiency of using the technical base. The most important agricultural sector in our country is crop production, which produces about 60% of this type of product. The priority area for agricultural development is stable technical support for business development. The solution to this problem largely depends on the use of structural elements of the technical base, on the conditions of its operation and reproduction, on susceptibility to various innovations and on high adaptability to a changing external environment.