The information support of agricultural information-advisory activity in Ukraine as the key component of its development.

The article is concerned with information technologies usage in the agricultural information-advisory activity in Ukraine and organization of its information support. The main aim of the research is to reveal the role of information technologies in agricultural information-advisory activity and analyze current approaches of information support in order to determine the application areas in further development. The dialectical method of knowledge, systematic approach to studying economic processes, observation, generalization, and other research methods are used to achieve the tasks set. It is summarized that adoption of innovative methods of telecommunication, WEB-technologies, modern software, data bases, the Decision Support Systems provides new opportunities for information and consultation delivering in Ukraine that will lead to an increase of welfare of agricultural producers and rural population. In addition, distance education and E-extension are recognized as the perspective directions of the further development of the national agricultural information-advisory services network.