ESTABLISHING UNFAVORABLE TERRITORIES FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, DEPENDING ON THE SUITABILITY OF THE LAND

DOI 10.33938/2011-81

Issue № 11, 2020, article № 9, pages 81-87

Section: Land use and land relations

Language: Russian

Original language title: УСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ НЕБЛАГОПРИЯТНЫХ ТЕРРИТОРИЙ ДЛЯ ПРОИЗВОДСТВА СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННОЙ ПРОДУКЦИИ В ЗАВИСИМОСТИ ОТ ПРИГОДНОСТИ ЗЕМЕЛЬ

Keywords: SUITABILITY OF LAND FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, CATEGORIES, GROUPS AND CLASSES OF SUITABILITY FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, UNFAVORABLE AND FAVORABLE TERRITORIES, NON-CHERNOZEM ECONOMIC ZONE AND ECONOMIC AREAS, ARABLE LAND, ACREAGE.

Abstract: Not all lands in Russia are equally suitable for growing the main types of cultivated plants. Therefore, it is important to know the degree of suitability of land and on this basis to consider the economic development of territories, taking into account their favorability for agricultural production. Based on the scheme of land classification by groups, classes and categories of suitability, as well as measuring the scale of use of arable land for crops, a method is proposed for classifying the territories of the subjects of the Federation as unfavorable, favorable and occupying an intermediate position for agricultural production. The classification of the territories of the non-Chernozem zone of the Russian by favorability for agricultural production is carried out. The subjects of the Federation included in the Northern and North-Western economic regions, seven regions of the Central economic region, and one region from the Volga-Vyatka economic region are considered unfavorable. Only four administrative territories favorable for agricultural production were identified. Three of them are part of the Central and one in the Volga-Vyatka economic districts. The intermediate position was occupied by seven territories from the Central and Volga-Vyatka economic regions.

Authors: Polunin Gennadii Andreevich