Modern problems and prospects for the agricultural land use development in the Irkutsk region

Abstract

At present, attention a lot is paid to agriculture development. For example, the “State Program for the Agriculture Development and the Agricultural Products, Raw Materials and Food Markets Regulation”, the May 14 Russian Federation Government Decree, 2021 No. 731 “On the State Program for the Agricultural Lands Effective Involvement and the Russian Federation Land Reclamation Complex Development”, subsidies are allocated for agriculture, etc. But in our country some regions, the agricultural industry is a non-priority. This also applies to the Irkutsk region. The article reveals the reasons for the agriculture backwardness in the Irkutsk region. In particular, the main reasons for this are that the agricultural land use nature idea is usually determined by the agricultural land structure in the district total area; the Irkutsk region land’s natural fertility cannot be considered high; agricultural production low efficiency, etc. The question arises, what are the most realistic directions and prospects for the agricultural land use development in the region in the coming period? It is necessary to develop a concept for agricultural land use in the Irkutsk region, and it should be based on the land intensification basic principles; to bring agricultural products to the consumer, i.e., improve infrastructure and processing services in the region agricultural areas; personal subsidiary and peasant (farm) farms should complement large enterprises, since the first of them can more efficiently use the agricultural land and their location-specific features, etc.