ICT in agriculture is an important but still underdeveloped segment

As part of the X International Scientific Symposium and XXVI Conference of Agricultural Engineers of the Republic of Srpska AGRORES 2021, a panel section entitled “INFORMATIVE COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AND AGRICULTURE – HOW MUCH DO WE KNOW, AND HOW MUCH DO WE ACTUALLY APPLY IN REGULAR PRODUCTION?” was organized. The panel section eas organized within the Erasmus + VIRAL project. The panelists were professor Vesna Maraš, from the University of Donja Gorica, professor Radovan Stojanovic, from the University of Montenegro, MA Mirko Jokic from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Srpska and MSC Milan Šipka from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Banja Luka. The moderator of the panel was professor Miljan Cvetkovic from the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Banja Luka. The panel was attended by teachers and researchers from the University of Banja Luka, the University of Belgrade and the University of Novi Sad. It was concluded that ICT is a desirable tool in some segments of agricultural production, relatively expensive but also quite simplified to use. The panelists stressed the need to develop their own solutions where this is justified and possible.