Scientific fundamentals of formation and development of agricultural land use on the basis of transformation of land relations

Abstract

The article highlights the essence of the concept of agricultural land use, its formation and development as a result of the transformation processes in land relations during land reform. The concept of land use has been substantiated, which in the scientific interpretation is used in a double sense, namely: as a system of land use, regulated by law for different categories of land, landowners and land users; as a territory, land owned or used. Considerable attention has been paid to the analysis and interpretation of the concepts of transformation, land use, reform and their derivatives, which led to the search for the optimal definition of the concept of transformation of agricultural land use. It has been found that in market conditions, based on the implementation of transformation processes, there was a significant reduction in the area of arable land and an increase in ecologically stabilizing lands (hayfields, pastures) and wooded areas. This has a positive effect on solving environmental problems in the field of agriculture. However, practical experience confirms that such positive changes in land use will occur only if the structure of the land fund is improved. That is, degraded unproductive lands must be removed from active cultivation.