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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">ecsocmenus</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Известия Юго-Западного государственного университета. Серия: Экономика. Социология. Менеджмент</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Proceedings of the Southwest State University. Series: Economics. Sociology. Management</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2223-1552</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Юго-Западный государственный университет</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.21869/2223-1552-2026-16-1-27-40</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">ecsocmenus-1328</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ТРЕНДЫ МИРОВОЙ И НАЦИОНАЛЬНОЙ ЭКОНОМИКИ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>TRENDS OF THE WORLD AND NATIONAL ECONOMY</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Внедрение инновационных технологий для решения структурных проблем сельскохозяйственного производства стран Африки</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Introduction of innovative technologies to solve structural problems of agricultural production in African countries</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1867-7330</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кузьмина</surname><given-names>В. М.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Kuzmina</surname><given-names>V. M.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Кузьмина Виолетта Михайловна, кандидат исторических наук, доцент кафедры международных отношений и лингвистики</p><p>ул. 50 лет Октября, д. 94, г. Курск 305040, Российская Федерация</p><p> </p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Violetta M. Kuzmina, Candidate of Sciences (Historical), Associate Professor at the Department of InternationalRelations and Linguistics</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">kuzmina-violetta@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Гаврилова</surname><given-names>А. Р.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Gavrilova</surname><given-names>A. R.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Гаврилова Анастасия Романовна, магистрант кафедры международных отношений и лингвистики</p><p>ул. 50 лет Октября, д. 94, г. Курск 305040, Российская Федерация</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Anastasia R. Gavrilova, Undergraduate at the Department of International Relations and Linguistics</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">gavrilova2908@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Юго-Западный государственный университет</institution></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Southwest State University</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>18</day><month>04</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>16</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>27</fpage><lpage>40</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Кузьмина В.М., Гаврилова А.Р., 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Кузьмина В.М., Гаврилова А.Р.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kuzmina V.M., Gavrilova A.R.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://ecsocmenus.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/1328">https://ecsocmenus.elpub.ru/jour/article/view/1328</self-uri><abstract><p>Актуальность. Африканские фермеры совместно со специализированными сообществами от Продовольственной и сельскохозяйственной Организации Объединённых Наций (ФАО) прилагают усилия для того, чтобы сельскохозяйственная продукция на рынках стран Африки была доступной для населения, но существует ряд проблем, которые не зависят от климата, от усилий по производству и выращивания сырья, но влияют на сбор урожая, на его доставку и хранение, – это слабая, неразвитая логистика, инфраструктура, хранение и переработка сырья, недостаточность инвестирования всех этих технологических процессов.Цель ‒ изучить характер внедрения технологических инноваций для преодоления структурных проблем агропродовольственной системы стран Африки.Задачи: выделить мегатенденции, которые окажут влияние на формирование продовольственных систем стран Африки в ближайшее десятилетие; изучить инновационный опыт развития аграрнопродовольственного производства некоторых стран Африки.Методология. Методический инструментарий исследования включает научные методы анализа общей и специальной литературы, опубликованной в широком доступе, отчетной документации таких организаций, как AfCFTA, CAADP, CTA; статистические и аналитические данные международных организаций (OECD, FAO, ITU); актуальные научные публикации зарубежных авторов по теме исследования.Результаты. Изучены концепция продовольственной системы, которая учитывает управленческие, экономические и социальные и культурные аспекты продовольствия; уровни сельскохозяйственной трансформации стран Африканского континента; проблемы производительности сельского хозяйства Африки. Рассмотрен опыт развития аграрно-продовольственного производства с учетом инновационных информационных технологий некоторых стран Африки.Выводы. Выделены факторы, тормозящие развитие инноваций в аграрно-продовольственной сфере, и предложены пути преодоления этих факторов. Несмотря на дифференцированный доступ к цифровым технологиям внутри стран Африки, можно отметить старания государственного сектора, частных инвесторов и международных неправительственных организаций по развитию и внедрению цифровых технологий в агроподовольственный сектор Африки с целью продвижения стран к продовольственной безопасности.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Relevance. African farmers, together with specialized communities from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), are making efforts to ensure that agricultural products in African markets are accessible to the population, but there are a number of problems that do not depend on the climate, on efforts to produce and grow raw materials, but affect the harvest, on its Delivery and storage are weak, undeveloped logistics, infrastructure, storage and processing of raw materials, and insufficient investment in all these technological processes.The purpose is to study the nature of the introduction of technological innovations to overcome the structural problems of the agro‒food system in Africa.Objectives: to identify megatrends that will have an impact on the formation of African food systems in the next decade; to study the innovative experience of developing agricultural and food production in some African countries.Methodology. The methodological tools of the research include scientific methods for analyzing general and specialized literature published in the public domain, accounting documentation from organizations such as AfCFTA, CAADP, CTA; statistical and analytical data from international organizations (OECD, FAO, ITU); current scientific publications by foreign authors on the research topic.Results. The concept of the food system is studied, which takes into account the managerial, economic, social and cultural aspects of food; the levels of agricultural transformation of the countries of the African continent; the problems of agricultural productivity in Africa. The experience of the development of agricultural and food production, taking into account the innovative information technologies of some African countries, is considered.Conclusions. The factors hindering the development of innovations in the agricultural and food sector are highlighted, and ways to overcome these factors are proposed. Despite the differentiated access to digital technologies within African countries, it is possible to note the efforts of the public sector, private investors and international non-governmental organizations to develop and implement digital technologies in the agro-food sector in Africa in order to advance countries towards food security.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>продовольственная система</kwd><kwd>инновация</kwd><kwd>Африканский континент</kwd><kwd>сельское хозяйство</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>food system</kwd><kwd>innovation</kwd><kwd>African continent</kwd><kwd>agriculture</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Status of digital agriculture in 47 sub-Saharan African countries // FAO and ITU. 2022. 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