Implementation of the Modern Monitoring Methods as the Main Stage of Digitalization of the Agrarian Enterprises

Population is growing and, at the same time, the need for food requires new methods of agriculture. Modern technologies help agrarian producers to improve yields in conditions where suitable fertile lands are decreasing every year and climatic conditions become unpredictable. In addition to global problems, agrarian producers face the competitiveness of large agrarian giants when business exists in tough market conditions. The use of the modern tools for improvement of productivity has influence on the big number of agricultural enterprises. The main obstacle to the widespread dissemination of these tools is the lack of experience in using modern means and technologies, including monitoring. The article discusses the most available method for entering to a new level of digitization, namely, monitoring with the help of satellites and drones. This method of increasing yields is widely used in the world, but is only beginning to gain popularity in Ukraine. The information which is provided in the article will help agricultural producers to assess the need of implementation of these tools for their own businesses and to understand the benefits of a particular method of monitoring. The article explains in an accessible way the advantages and disadvantages of modern methods of monitoring, mechanism of its action and implementation; provides a comparison of the quality of information of satellites and drones, and considers the problems and prospects of these methods of monitoring in the future.