N.F. Khokhlov1, I.A. Sidorov2, A.G. Gudkov3, Yu.V. Solov’ev4, S.V. Chizhikov5, R.V Agandeev6, D.V Gordienko7

1 Agriculture, professor, Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy (Moscow, Russia)

2−7 Bauman Moscow State Technical University (Moscow, Russia)

Special nature of the current challenges requires a comprehensive analysis of current scientific and technological developments with the maximum possible adaptation to the processes of transformation of external key factors and conditions. There is a complexity that has not been encountered before by domestic researchers, which in many respects has the characteristics of a complex scientific problem, that is, a task that cannot be solved within the framework of the usual traditional narrowly disciplinary approaches. A timely tool that allows you to detect and, if possible, eliminate or mitigate unusual external barriers and threats to the final results of effective scientific and technological activities can be a normatively structured SWOT analysis, which has proven itself well in project activities during the development and application of innovative technologies.

The article considers and substantiates the necessity and prospects of taking into account the complex of changing external conditions for the reliable achievement of the target result: the effective application of the developed unmanned microwave humidity-temperature radiometry of the soil in the development of fallow lands. The choice of the relevant application area is dictated by the Resolutions of the Government of the Russian Federation, focusing on large-scale promotion of high-tech solutions in agricultural production.

The purpose of the work is to assess the relevance and technological priorities of agroengineering applications of unmanned microwave humidity–temperature radiometry based on SWOT analysis. To present a model demonstration of the potential acceptability of SWOT analysis for the effective application of an unmanned microwave radiometric system to Non-Chernozem fallow land development programs.

As a result of the study, the priorities and advantages of using unmanned microwave humidity-temperature radiometry in agriculture were highlighted. Shortcomings and obstacles in the development of this technology were also identified. Based on a SWOT analysis of information sources of available databases on the design characteristics of unmanned microwave humidity-temperature radiometry systems, an assessment of external and internal arguments for adaptive refinement and practically oriented promotion of promising domestic development was carried out. The developed domestic construct of a passive microwave radiometric system potentially fits into the system of precise agro-reclamation development of fallow lands and can bring a positive economic and economic effect.

The results of the study can be used to make decisions in the field of technological renewal and improvement of processes in the agricultural sector, which will increase production efficiency, reduce costs and improve product quality. The article may also be useful for specialists working in the field of development and implementation of innovative technologies.

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