The factors of influence on use of available agricultural lands, spatial development of agricultural land use, its expansion or shrinking

Abstract

The existing resource potential of productive agricultural land is not used by one third, and the productivity of used agricultural land barely reaches 20-40% of the potential yield. Agriculture in many regions has ceased to be an essential part of rural economy, a source of jobs and income for rural residents. There is a steady tendency to shrink living space – bankruptcy of agricultural producers, depopulation of rural areas, crushing and disappearance of villages, degradation of engineering and social infrastructure. Life in many rural areas is supported by the pensions of the elderly and the salaries of state and municipal employees. Many rural areas of the Non-Black Earth Region, remote from large civilizational centers, are turning into territories of survival without any hope of revival. Instead of contemplative observation, it is necessary to make reasonable management decisions and mechanisms for their implementation, including support for those who need it instead of feeding people hiding in offshores the super profits received in Russia.