DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE AGRO-FOOD COMPLEX AND ITS INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT

The article provides an interpretation of the concept of “digital transformation”, specifies the objects of digital transformation, reveals the regulatory acts regulating the processes of digital development, substantiates the conditions for initiating digital transformation processes, outlines the reasons for the lagging of the agro-food complex in terms of informatization from other industries and spheres of activity, and assesses the state of the information support system. state administration of agriculture, the content of the documents is being studied, forming the normative and legal basis for the digital transformation of the agri-food complex, the functions of the universal digital platform of agriculture are substantiated. As the main stages of developing a digital transformation strategy for the economic entities of the agri-food complex, it is proposed to single out an assessment of the entity’s readiness for digital transformation, justification of digital transformation objects, choice of means and methods of digital transformation, justification strategies for the digital transformation of an economic entity, strategic planning of digital transformation processes, within the framework of systematization, it is assumed to identify such groups of institutions as: institutions of regulation, stimulation, information support for digital development, formation of digital competencies, provision of digital communications and institutions — digital platforms.