ACCOUNTING OF AGRICULTURAL LAND AREAS OF TERRITORIAL COMMUNITIES OF TERNOPIL REGION: SOURCES, COMPLETENESS AND REPRESENTATIVENESS

Abstract

The article reveals the problem of lack of modern statistical data on the area of agricultural land within the territorial communities of Ternopil region.
 For a long time, for geographical research of individual administrative regions, districts or their parts, scientists used the form of statistical reporting № 6-land «Report on the availability of land and their distribution by landowners, land users, land and economic activities», which was implemented according to with the order of the State Statistics Committee of Ukraine dated 05.11.1998 № 377 «On approval of forms of state statistical reporting on land resources and Instructions for filling in the state statistical reporting on quantitative accounting of land (forms №№ 6-land, 6a-land, 6b-land, 2-land)» and was the most detailed source of information about the land fund. However, due to a set of problems, these reports were not prepared properly. In addition, as a result of the implementation of administrative reform and inconsistency of Order № 337 of the set of legislative acts of Ukraine, it was also repealed in accordance with the Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine № 300 of 25.10.2021.
 In the absence of statistics on land area and structure of the land fund of lower-level administrative units, the role of such a source of information as the state land cadastre – a single electronic system containing a set of information on land (quantitative and qualitative characteristics, economic evaluation, legal regime, etc.).
 The public cadastral map provides certain information about this or that land plot. However, as in the state land cadastre, it contains data only on those land plots that have passed state registration and have been assigned a cadastral number, which is, for the time being, mostly land: 1) for commodity agricultural production; 2) for personal farming; 3) for the construction and maintenance of residential buildings, outbuildings and structures; 4) for the construction and maintenance of buildings of educational institutions; 5) for forestry and related services; 6) reserve lands, etc. Thus, the data is being updated gradually, and currently only part of the territory is available.
 In addition, the public cadastral map provides data only on the type of ownership, purpose and area of a particular plot. More detailed information can be obtained only for a specific plot of land, by submitting a properly executed application, but this service is paid. The amount of payment of this administrative fee is regulated by the Law of Ukraine «On State Land Cadastre» (part 2 of Article 41) and is 0,05 % of the subsistence level, which as of 01.01.2022 amounted to UAH 2,481.
 The analysis of the data of the 6-land form showed that the structure of the land fund of Ternopil district during 2002-2016 changed quite a bit – about 0.1% per year. Since the Ternopil district, due to the increase in suburban areas, is undergoing the greatest transformations, we can assume that the average value for the region is less than or close to the calculated. Therefore, it is fair to say that the land structure has changed by no more than 1.2% over the last 8 years. Of course, such deviations somewhat reduce the accuracy of indicators, but in the absence of other sources of information, the reliability of statistical data contained in the form 6- land from 01.01.2016, is quite sufficient for their use in research. In addition, these data can serve as a basis for their further refinement, using from time to time updated information of the state land cadastre, documentation of local authorities, new data from aerial and space surveys.
 By recalculating the data on the area of agricultural land (from the statistical reporting form 6-land from 01.01.2016) to 582 village, 17 settlement and 15 city councils of Ternopil region, which existed before the administrative reform, we obtained updated indicators of areas in terms of 55 modern territorial communities.
 The article substantiates the possibilities of using the calculated indicators of areas in applied research.
 Key words: administrative-territorial structure, land fund, accounting for the number of lands, agricultural lands, agricultural lands, territorial community.