Current State and Prospects for Digital Transformation of Russian Agricultural Companies

The relevance of the study is substantiated by the role and significance of the results of the Russian agro-industrialagro-industrial complex enterprisesenterprises activities, the basis of which is agriculture and ensuring food security. In the current geopolitical and geoeconomic conditions of the functioning of economic systems, the development and implementation of a strategy for the agriculture sustainable developmentsustainable development is one of the most important tasks of the economic policy of the Russian Federation. The successful solution of this task will allow achieving the necessary level of food independence in RussiaRussia and will also contribute to solving the problem of food security of the countries of the BRICSBRICS Forum. The aim of the study is to assess the current state and prospects for the digital transformation of Russian agro-industrial enterprises for the sustainable development of agriculture and ensuring the food independence of the state.state. Research objectives: to briefly analyze the evolution of the concept of sustainable development of economic systems in the projection of modern transformational trends; to consider the impactimpact of digital transformation on the goals of implementing the concept of sustainable development; to cluster the UN sustainable development goals according to ESG criteria; to describe ESG risks that must be considered when forming corporate strategies for companies in the agro-industrial complex; to identify features, main trends, and barriers to the digital transformation of the Russian agro-industrial complex; to assess the prospects for cooperationcooperation between the countries of the BRICS Forum in the field of solving the problems of ensuring food security. When solving the tasks set, the methods of content analysis, system analysis, as well as methods of logical analysis and synthesis of information within the subject area of the study were used. Official documents of the Russian Federation and the UN, data on the implementation of national projects and programs, assessments of rating and consulting companies, and research results of Russian and foreign scientists in the subject area were used as an information base.