UDC 338.43:004:338.439.02; JEL O33, Q16, Q18, Q55
Androshchuk, I. O. (2026). Digitalization and innovative technologies for the development of the agricultural sector within the food security framework. Rehional'na ekonomika - Regional Economy, 119 (1), 76-85. DOI: https://doi.org/10.36818/1562-0905-2026-1-6.
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Androshchuk Ilona Oleksandrivna

Ph.D. of Economics, Associate Professor

Associate Professor of the Department of economics, management and commercial activities of the Central Ukrainian National Technical University

Contacts: androshchukio@kntu.kr.ua

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Purpose. The purpose of the article is to provide a theoretical substantiation and systematization of the impact of innovative technologies and the digital transformation of the agricultural sector on the formation of food security, as well as to identify the channels, risks, and managerial conditions under which digitalization is transformed from a technological process into a factor of resilience of agri-food systems.
Methodology. The methodological basis of the study includes systemic, structural-functional, process-based, risk-oriented, and institutional approaches. The article applies the methods of theoretical generalization, comparative analysis, typologization, structural-logical modelling, formalization, and the indicator-based approach.
Findings. The article demonstrates that the digital transformation of the agricultural sector affects food security through four basic channels: increasing production volumes, reducing food losses, lowering transaction costs, and strengthening quality and safety control of products. A structural-functional model of the digital transformation of the agri-food chain is substantiated, in which production, supply, and regulation are connected by a two-way exchange of data and managerial decisions.
Originality. The scientific novelty lies in the deepened theoretical interpretation of digitalization of the agricultural sector as a multi-level determinant of food security, the development of the author’s typology of innovative agrotechnologies according to their channels of influence on food-security components, and the formalization of the integrated relationship among technological, market, quality-related, and risk parameters of the agri-food system.
Practical value. The practical significance of the results lies in the possibility of using them in the development of national and regional agri-food policy, agricultural digitalization programmes, strategies for supporting agricultural producers, investment projects in the AgTech sector, and monitoring systems for risks related to cybersecurity, agricultural data, infrastructure, and human resources.

Keywords:

food security, agricultural sector, digital transformation, innovative technologies, precision agriculture, AgTech, biotechnology, digital platforms, traceability, cybersecurity