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Figure 1. Sectors and sectors of the digital economy (R. Bukht and R. Heeks, 2017).
If we approach the digital economy on the basis of Figure 1, the
increase in the added value created will ensure sustainable economic
growth in the field or sector being digitized. The improvement of the
technologies of scientific and technical development and the
development of the ICT sector are the basis, and the advanced
development of the ICT sector divides the existing sectors and
industries in the economy into traditional and digital ones. In particular,
digital banking,
e-business, precision agriculture, industry 4.0, e-
tourism and online education are being introduced as components of
the digital economy.
If we consider the analysis of the digital economy in Uzbekistan
based on Figure 1, then the ICT sector stands out with a high level of
development compared to the sectors and industries that are part of
the digitally transformed economy and the digitized economy
(Baxromov A. 2023). In practice, digitization processes have not been
significantly implemented in some industries and sectors within the
digitally transformed economy. Examples include precision agriculture,
algorithmic economy, gig economy, industry 5.0, etc. Digital services
and the platform economy have been introduced mainly in the service
sector.
In most agricultural and industrial enterprises, it is necessary to
modernize the material technical base to adapt it to digitization
processes. This requires capital from the enterprise or organization
(Baxromov A. 2023). Digitization processes
in enterprises and
organizations also show what measures need to be taken in the future
in order to analyze, forecast, identify problems and obtain higher
profits. Spending money for the implementation of this process is
considered by some organization owners as excessive spending.
The government's introduction of legal frameworks for the
digitization of the economy is the basis for changes in the sector and
industry. In particular, on the basis of the decree of the President of the
Republic of Uzbekistan on the approval of the "Digital Uzbekistan -
2030" strategy and measures for its effective implementation,
active
development of the digital economy in our country, modern ICT in all
sectors and fields, first of all, in public administration, education, health
care and agriculture. complex measures for wide implementation are
being implemented. In particular, the implementation of more than 220
priority projects aimed at improving the electronic government system,
further developing the local market of software products and
information technologies, establishing IT parks in all regions of the
republic, as well as providing the sector with qualified personnel has
begun (2020).
"In the "Development Strategy" of the new Uzbekistan for 2022-
2026, it is planned to expand the works aimed at increasing its size by
at least 2.5 times, turning it into the main "driver" sector in the field of
digital economy development. Increase the level of digitization of
production and operational processes in the real sector of the
economy, finance and banking to 70% by the end of 2026, increase the
volume of the software industry by 5 times, and their export by 10
times, to 500 mln. dollar (2022).
High-tech products and the role of the private sector will be
expanded in the export. The digitization
process is one of the main
factors affecting the level of efficiency and personnel qualification of
various sectors and branches of the economy and stimulating
sustainable economic growth (Baxromov A. 2023). In order to ensure
automation and management of all stages of enterprise supply in the
direction of digitalization of sectors and sectors of the economy, as well
as to reduce logistics and procurement costs, by 2026 the share of large
business entities that have implemented an enterprise resource
management system (ERP) will reach 65% , improving the quality of
products and services due to the introduction of modern information
systems and software products, reducing their cost, interruptions in
production, increasing the transparency
of financial and economic
activities, gradual automation of workplaces and robotization of
production processes, as well as artificial intelligence technologies
implementation and development of the strategy for the development
of artificial intelligence was assigned the task of implementation within
the relevant ministries (2022).
In the field of services, we can see that the government is offering
the my.gov.uz portal effective and new types of services, and in
education, an online document submission system has been introduced
for applicants, in the tax system, we can see digitalization processes in
the field of online tax reporting and a number of similar services.
Digitization of private sector representatives in the field of services
processes are observed in delivery service,
online order acceptance,
online trade, online tourism and other similar services.
The state and private sector are implementing their strategies in
the digitalization processes in the agricultural sector. A number of large
projects are currently being implemented by the private sector.
"Daletek" project is one of them. Farmers and farms can find exporters
to export their products abroad, or vice versa, exporters can find
farmers who supply products for them. To start this process in a
systematic way, first of all, it consists in forming a base of several
farmers and peasants. Digitization of the entire process and a unified
platform are needed.
In this platform, the farmer enters what he is currently growing,
the size and price of the product. Also can see the current list of
exporters and what products they are looking for. This is a constantly
updated database. This Project started its activity in the second half of
2021. Statistical data is one of the first necessary resources for project
implementation. Since they were not
satisfied with the level of
reliability when working with the data of the Statistics Committee, the
data in their field were placed on the basis of the data collected by going
to the places and studying the statistics themselves (18).
Among the state projects, the Ministry of Agriculture's own geo-
information system based on the ArcGIS software product has been
launched in test mode since November 2021. Today, this system is
integrated with the information systems of 4 ministries and agencies of
our republic, as well as with the information systems of subordinate
organizations of the Ministry of Agriculture. Processed data and system
capabilities are constantly being expanded due to the monitoring of
data collected by 200 field workers in real time, photos taken from
space throughout our country every 10 days.
To obtain all necessary
information, including land users, soil properties, availability of
irrigation systems and automatic identification of crop types, data
analysis capabilities have been created using artificial intelligence
technologies. It is also planned to launch 5 more electronic systems in
2022-2023: Agroplatform AT, "Marketplace" electronic agro-industry
trading portal, "Smart campus" project to
be introduced at Tashkent
State Agrarian University, "Rubicon" water resources management
system, ecosystem for farmers "Digital Agriculture" ASM unified