THE METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAND USE EFFICIENCY OF THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR

Abstract

The article presents methodological principles of economic, social and environmental land use efficiency of the agricultural sector. The author’s definition of land types in Ukraine is presented as to their participation in forming the added value of the land interest entities. The author’s own system of criteria for the land management efficiency assessment in the agricultural sector has been developed. The criteria of economic efficiency include: land productive capacity; productive motivation; diversification. The criteria include social efficiency: productivity; motivation; sustainability. The environmental efficiency criteria include: human- induced impact, i.e. chemical fertilizers treatment per 1 ha; soil fertility recovery, i.e. land quality according to ball-bonitet; harmonization, i.e. growth rate of the eroded lands. Multiplicative indices, mainly included as components of the aggregate indicators of economic, social and environmental activities in the countryside, first suggested for this analysis, were introduced into the calculation for each efficiency type. The essence of these indicators is the ability to assess the intensity and action force of land relations entities. The developed methodology is the basis for determining the integral index of the country’s (region’s) land resources management efficiency.