Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Experts from the Institute for Forecasting and Macroeconomic Research (IPMI) studied foreign experience in creating registers of agricultural producers.

This year began in Uzbekistan with a significant rise in prices for a number of agri-food products caused by severe frosts. There were interruptions in the fuel and energy complex, the system of logistics and transportation of products. Most of all, the cold had an impact on the prices of onions. According to the Agency of Statistics of the Republic of Uzbekistan, in two weeks, prices for yellow onions increased by 16.7-66.7%, depending on its quality.

The consequences of climate change will be felt more acutely every year, and natural anomalies will occur more often. All this will make agricultural production and markets for agricultural products more volatile.

Therefore, now it is necessary to think about how to reduce risks at all levels of the production and marketing chain in the industry and balance production depending on the global market situation.

One of the solutions is the digitalization of the industry, which involves the collection of reliable agricultural and food statistics from the regions, as well as the organization of open access for the benefit of different categories of users.

Let’s Consider the experience of individual countries in creating electronic agricultural platforms.

Azerbaijan. The development of the Electronic Agricultural Information System (EKTIS) began in 2015. The system consists of 7 sub-modules, including a land identification system, a farm registry, and support for the process of obtaining subsidies. About 500,000 farmers all over Azerbaijan are registered in the EKTIS system.

Turkey. The Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) was first launched in Turkey in 2007. At the first stage, the system was implemented in 9 pilot provinces with 350 farms. The number of provinces covered by FADN was increased to 54 in 2014 and by 2018 alone, the Farm Accountancy Data Network was expanded to all 81 provinces and integrated into the agricultural production and registration system.

Moldova. A number of information systems have been launched in the republic. Among them: the Digital Agricultural Register to provide access to operational data on the activities of economic agents in the agro-industrial sector and facilitate the provision of public services to them, including online, according to the “single window” principle;

State Register of Animals; AGROMAIA used to monitor and collect operational information on agricultural and assembly work, etc.

Conclusions: The creation of such platforms is quite laborious and requires some funding, but the benefits received from their operation cover all costs. They are the only reliable source of microeconomic data, on the basis of which it is possible to analyze the main trends in agriculture, evaluate the effect of various agri-food policy measures, calculate correlations between various processes in the industry and predict the development of the agricultural sector in the future.