Water and land resources as the basis for the sustainability of agricultural systems in the rural united states

Issue № 7, 2019, article № 8, pages 67-73

Section: International relations and world agricultural experience

Language: Russian

Original language title: ВОДНЫЕ И ЗЕМЕЛЬНЫЕ РЕСУРСЫ КАК ОСНОВА УСТОЙЧИВОСТИ СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННЫХ СИСТЕМ НА СЕЛЬСКИХ ТЕРРИТОРИЯХ США

Keywords: SUSTAINABILITY, RESILIENCE, SOIL EROSION, SOIL ECOSYSTEM SERVICES, WATER ABILITY, CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENT AGRICULTURE

Abstract: The article analyzes the results of studies of the sustainability and resilience of agricultural systems in the United States. Research in this area involves the use of a convergent (interdisciplinary) approaches. Impressive advances have been made in soil fertility management in the United States; developed the latest cost-effective technologies based on the joint operation of sensors, both ground and mounted on unmanned aerial vehicles, with the involvement of satellite data. However, non-compliance by all farmers of erosion control measures can lead to irreversible soil loss due to erosion. Sustainable water management is not possible without setting real prices for water for agricultural systems; the “right to water” should be revised to encourage farmers who grow the crops most adapted to local climatic conditions. To ensure sustainable agricultural use of water resources, it is necessary to take into account the needs for water and other sectors of the economy, as well as to ensure acceptable environmental and social conditions of life of the population in rural areas.

Authors: Volkov Sergei Gennadevich