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New technologies and approaches in the processing of agricultural products

Digital technologies, due to their ubiquity, portability and mobility, are transforming agriculture and can therefore be used in a variety of ways to improve inefficiencies in production, processing, storage and transport of agricultural products. Due to the complexity and specificity of processing agricultural products, the introduction of new technologies is a very demanding process and requires a thorough and systematic approach from the very beginning, i.e. from the selection of machinery, tools and equipment, data collection and processing, transport, storage (warehousing) to delivery to the consumer. Digitalization, automation and robotization represent a new paradigm of production as well as processing of agricultural and food products. Without data on the condition (qualitative and quantitative) of the products (raw materials), data on processing, storage and transportation, there is no good, qualitative end product. It is also important to mention that digitalization and especially automation or robotization requires high investment, which ultimately represents a financial burden per unit of product. Therefore, it is important to find the optimal level of equipment with automated and/or robotized systems, in terms of quantity, quality and price of the final product. Technologies such as sensors, communication networks, artificial intelligence, blockchain, the Internet of Things, the 5G network, robotics, and advanced machines are already improving access to information, inputs, and markets, increasing production and productivity, streamlining supply chains, and reducing operating costs. The use of these technologies has made it possible to obtain an overview of the entire business with just a few clicks, so that decisions are no longer made solely on the basis of experience and tradition, but in real time on the basis of analysed data. Thus, in addition to using modern production technologies, farmers have the opportunity to modernize a whole range of business processes (sales management, employees, finance, advertising, etc.). The resistance to change and to adoption of new technologies in agriculture could be due to the knowledge gap for the needs of agriculture by the providers of new technologies. Therefore, one of the key objectives of agricultural policy is an increased focus on promoting knowledge, innovation and adoption of new technologies and approaches among all stakeholders in food production and processing. In general, these new technologies can and will modernize the agricultural sector, encourage entrepreneurial innovation and create new business opportunities.

agriculture, new technologies, digitalization, automation, robotization, processing

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