Agricultural Land Use Efficiency Research Articles

The role of information support in the withdrawal of unused lands

The goal is to analyze the state of land resources and information about them in digital format, as well as occupancy and updating in order to identify the quality of unused lands for their subsequent assignment to a specific type of land and provision for temporary use. Methods – monographic, abstract-logical, analytical, statistical, mapping and forecasting. Results - current problems in the land use system are considered. During the pandemic, all land cadastral work was transferred online. It is shown that the main vector of economic development of the republic is digitalization of agriculture, which occupies a leading position in management of agricultural lands. It is noted that in 2023 an interactive map of lands returned to state ownership was launched - jerkarta.gharysh.kz. This geoservice allows not only to display withdrawn land plots in the context of regions and districts, but also to track the statistics of vacant land plots not assigned to land users, as well as the need for pastures. Conclusions - an analysis of two databases is presented, as a result of which it was revealed that information they contain about land masses is incomplete, since there are no indicators of soil quality, physical and chemical properties, and cadastral value of land. The criteria used in conducting land competitions for the provision of unused agricultural land for commercial production have been systematized. The authors state that in order to increase the efficiency of agricultural land use, it is necessary to develop a set of regulatory materials, methodology for periodically updating cadastral documentation and land monitoring, as well as effective mechanism for interaction between bodies to provide information on land plots and ensure access to it for citizens and legal entities.

Agricultural land use in Vietnam in the context of urbanization: status and policy implications

Abstract This article generalizes the urbanization process and its impact on agricultural land use in Vietnam. The high rate of urbanization has led to a great demand for purchasing agricultural products, especially high-quality ones, and as a result, this affects agricultural development. On one hand, it offers new chances to expand the domestic market and to encourage exports. On the other hand, the conversion of agricultural land into non-agricultural land under accelerated urbanization leads to a large area of arable land being abandoned or polluted, consequently affecting food security and sustainable development. Therefore, to meet the people’s food needs in the context of urbanization, it is necessary to have proper solutions to improve the efficiency of agricultural land use, such as: implementing land laws aimed at developing agricultural production in the direction of large-scale, concentrated commodities; executing land-use planning, performing agricultural production planning towards specialized cultivation with a stable term to ensure profitable investment; boosting the restructuring of the agricultural sector; developing collective and cooperative economics in agriculture; having policies to support, forecast, and search for markets for consumption and the processing of agricultural products; creating a transparent land-use rights market.

The Efficiency of Agricultural Land Use in Mountainous Areas: Mathematical Modeling

The Efficiency of Agricultural Land Use in Mountainous Areas: Mathematical Modeling

Net productivity, a new metric to evaluate the contribution to food security of livestock systems: the case of specialised dairy farms

The increasing human population and demand for animal food products raise the issue of impacts of animal systems on food security caused by their use of human-edible feed and/or tillable land. The utility of replacing animal systems with potential food-crop systems needs to be assessed but is associated with many uncertainties. Some metrics analyse the contribution of current animal systems to food security, especially the dimension of food availability. These methods address feed conversion efficiency (i.e. total (‘gross’) or human-edible (‘net’)) or the efficiency of agricultural land use (i.e. total, permanent grassland, and tillable land) but never both simultaneously. The purpose of this study was to develop a new metric—‘net productivity’—to represent the performances of current animal systems more accurately by considering both the use of human-edible feed and agricultural land. Through a protein assessment, we analysed the ability of the existing and the new metrics to assess the performances of 111 dairy farms in Wallonia (Belgium). We found that net productivity was positively correlated with both metrics of feed conversion efficiency and negatively correlated with the three metrics of land use. To analyse the influence of farm characteristics, we grouped the farms into four clusters using k-means clustering based on these metrics of contribution to food security and then performed redundancy analysis to select the most influential farm characteristics aiming to highlight contrasted farm strategies. The highest net productivity was reached by an ‘intensive and net efficient’ farm strategy, which had intensive grass-based management, high milk production per cow, appropriate use of concentrates, and well-managed dairy followers (i.e. replacement heifers and calves). The newly developed metric of net productivity can be useful to quantify the contribution of dairy systems to food security by considering both the use of human-edible protein and agricultural land simultaneously.

Анализ устойчивости агроландшафтов в лесостепной зоне Красноярского края и мероприятия по их охране

The purpose of the study. On the basis of an assessment of the conditions and factors affecting the agro landscapes of an agricultural organization, design a set of protective measures aimed at increasing their sustainability. Research methods. The methodological basis was the systematic approach and its variety in the study of landscapes – landscape analysis. The methodological base should include the works of domestic and foreign scientists aimed at solving the problem of conservation of land resources and their protection. Statistical processing of analytical materials was carried out using dispersion and cluster analyses. The cartographic method and methods of GIS technologies were also used in the analysis of areas and modeling of processes. Research results. An agro-ecological assessment of the territory of agricultural land use, with an area of more than 16 thousand hectares, located in the forest-steppe of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, was made. It has been established that the territory is typical and the results obtained can be used in the analysis of sustainability and the development of measures for the protection of agricultural land uses operating in similar natural and climatic conditions in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan. Landscape areas are defined on the map-scheme, conditions and factors influencing the stability of agrolandscapes are described. It has been established that the main limiting factor influencing the stability of the territory is deflation, which manifests itself differently within landscape areas. A scientifically based complex of protective agro-, phyto-, forest reclamation measures has been developed, corresponding to the allocated land categories in the landscape-agro-ecological zoning scheme, aimed at increasing the efficiency and sustainability of agricultural land use. Conclusion. 1. An assessment of the sustainability of landscape areas (agrolandscapes) of an agricultural organization has been made. 2. Unique schematic map of landscape areas, steepness of slopes, erosion hazard of the territory, landscape-erosion zoning, and studied agricultural land use were compiled, the ecological state of the territory was determined. 3. A complex of agro-, phyto-, forest reclamation measures is presented, differentiated according to landscape areas for deflation-hazardous land categories in the landscape-agro-ecological zoning scheme, aimed at their protection and increasing the sustainability of the agricultural land use area. 4. The results of scientific research can be applied by agricultural producers, research institutions, regional and municipal authorities in the organization, planning, monitoring, evaluation and management of land resources in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Management of land resources of rural areas in the context of the paradigm of sustainable development of Ukraine

Aim. To determine the main directions of the formation of innovative agricultural land use of united territorial communities through its multifunctional development in the context of improving the investment climate of rural areas based on the use of innovative levers of their integrated development. The National Security Strategy of Ukraine [1] defines that ensuring environmental and food security belongs to the priority areas of state policy. The land and resource potential of Ukraine is rightly considered the foundation of the national economy. However, the current ecological and economic situation in land use shows that society is not yet sufficiently aware of the real value of land resources. This mainly applies to agricultural lands, since the methods of their use in agricultural production quite often become the root cause of the occurrence of many negative phenomena, which leads to the growth of environmental hazards and manifestations of degradation of productive lands of agricultural landscapes. Methods. Monographic analysis, abstract-logical, comparative and analogues and comparisons, experimental, economic analyses. Results. The article presents the results of scientific research, which were aimed at substantiating priority measures regarding the rational use, protection and reproduction of the productive potential of land resources, ensuring environmental safety in agricultural landscapes. Special attention is paid to the revision of the land resource management strategy in the field of land use, to the deepening of scientific research on the formation of a multifunctional paradigm for the development of rural areas, the implementation of which will ensure rationality, efficiency and environmental friendliness, their use, which will largely determine the level of economic development of the country. Conclusions. The socio-economic trends of the development of rural areas in the context of ensuring the economic and food security of Ukraine were studied. An assessment of the existing socio-economic development potential of rural areas was carried out from the point of view of the prospects of further European integration of our state. The regional aspects of the development of rural areas in the context of increasing their competitiveness in the conditions of the development of the green economy are revealed. Elaborated directions for increasing the efficiency of agricultural land use at the regional level, taking into account the decentralization of territorial development management. A comprehensive system of measures regarding the ecological and economic regulation of the use of land and resource potential by developing a territory organization project with scientific justification of project decisions regarding changes in the structure of agricultural land on the basis of ecologically safe land use has been substantiated and proposed. The theoretical and methodological foundations of organizational and economic support for ecologically balanced agricultural use of land resources in the conditions of transformation of land relations have been analyzed, systematized and deepened. The dynamics of the state of the land fund were studied (on the example of land use in Obukhiv district, Kyiv region, Forest-Steppe zone) with the aim of developing a conceptual structural-logical model of organizational and land-ordering mechanisms for the formation of balanced land use in rural areas for the further development of an innovative ecological and economic model of the organization of the territory of rural land use.

Исследование эрозионных процессов на сельскохозяйственных угодьях Прохладненского муниципального района Кабардино-Балкарской Республики

Approaches to the study of erosion processes on agricultural lands are presented, taking into account regional characteristics. The proposed approaches were developed on the basis of the results of many years of research conducted on specific objects with certain natural and anthropogenic conditions. In addition, these approaches have been implemented on certain territorial objects of the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic with a detailed study of natural and anthropogenic conditions. The identified trends provide an opportunity to assess the sustainability of land use and the efficiency of agricultural land use. Keywords: SOIL, LAND USE, INTENSIFICATION, POTENTIAL, EVALUATION, EROSION, PROTECTION, SUSTAINABILITY, EFFICIENCY

Ensuring the economic security of agricultural enterprises in the prism of rational land use

The article reflects the relevance of the problem of ensuring the economic security of agricultural enterprises in the prism of rational land use in the conditions of transformations in the system of land relations. It is proved that land resources for business entities in the agricultural sector are one of the main factors of production and reproduction process, a natural resource and an object of socio-economic relations. The features of the land as a means of production are outlined. It is revealed that the conditions of rational land use are the concentration of threats to the economic security of agricultural enterprises. The role of the factor of rational land use in the system of economic security is determined. The economic efficiency of agricultural land use is substantiated. A risk model of resource provision and rational land use of agricultural enterprises in the system of economic security has been formed.

Experience in using strategic analysis tools in determining the efficiency of agricultural land use

Experience in using strategic analysis tools in determining the efficiency of agricultural land use

THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES OF ASSESSING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE USE OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS

The paper substantiates the theoretical and methodological principles of evaluating the efficiency of agricultural land use. The purpose of regulating land use and agricultural production is substantiated, the essence of which is to ensure national food security and preserve and improve agroecosystems as the most important component of the natural and economic potential of the country as a whole. In the context of the specified goal, the principles of effective use of agricultural land resources are defined. It was established that the effectiveness of the agricultural land management system at the micro level reflects a number of indicators and criteria, which are divided into economic, ecological and social. It is substantiated that the principle of rational use and protection of land resources now acquires special importance from the standpoint of maximizing the final results of economic activity of land users. It has been established that the promising areas of agricultural land use include: the development of an adaptive landscape system of agriculture that meets the needs of society, the requirements of agricultural crops, natural conditions, the level of production and the requirements of minimal risk of contamination of products and the environment; the use of resource-saving technologies based on cost reduction through minimal tillage, the use of a new generation of agricultural machines and aggregates; carrying out an inventory of agricultural lands; increasing the professionalism of workers involved in the production of agricultural products; creation of conditions for preservation and effective use of especially valuable productive agricultural lands, establishment of their boundaries; implementation of measures to restore and preserve the reclamation complex in the regions.

ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC PROVISION OF FISCAL REGULATION OF AGRICULTURAL LAND USE

Agricultural land use and land management is traditionally one of the most developed branches of the economy of Ukraine, which uses natural resources - land, as a means of production, to obtain agricultural products. This branch of the economy not only provides domestic needs for high-quality, affordable food, but also plays a major role in solving the global food crisis by exporting agricultural products to many countries around the world. Thus, the regulation of world food prices is ensured, performing a humanitarian function in the world economy, counteracting the trends of food shortages and the threat of famine. The article examines the economic efficiency of agricultural land use in Ukraine and border regions. In particular, a retrospective analysis of the main indicators of the agricultural sector of Ukraine and Zhytomyr, Kyiv and Chernihiv regions was performed. The trend processes observed in the agricultural land use of these regions and the country as a whole are outlined. The article highlights the degree of ruination of the territory of Ukraine, compared with the most developed countries in the world. The degree of poverty and the percentage value of agricultural land in the regions of Ukraine were analyzed. A set of measures is proposed to reduce the extensive use of land resources in order to preserve their quality indicators of fertility and ensure the sustainable development of the economy of Ukraine.

Assessment of the efficiency of agricultural land use in the semi-arid area in Ninh Thuan province

The agricultural land use in the semi-arid area has been defined as the semi-arid area of 99,089 ha, of which the agricultural land use type is 34,368 ha and the remaining area is forest land, nonagricultural land rivers, streams and unused land. Based on the results of the household survey (450 households), this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of agricultural land use on three factors: economic, social and environmental. Combining the effectiveness of the selected land use types, the land use types of fruit trees, maize-mungbean, and grass had a sustainable development status compared to other types of land use. Based on the assessment of agricultural land use efficiency, the proposal for agricultural land use and solutions to improving the efficiency of agricultural land use in the semi-arid region of Ninh Thuan province was as follows: 2,116 ha of one-crop rice to be converted to maize and mungbean cultivation; 698 ha of one-crop rice to be converted to one-crop rice and one-crop corn; increasing 337 ha for the growing of fruit trees (apples and grapes) and increasing the area of land used to grow grass for livestock.

ASSESSMENT OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ECOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS IN THE SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURAL LAND USE

Introduction. For a long time, the economic development of Ukraine has been accompanied by unbalanced exploitation of land, which leads to the emergence and exacerbation of various ecological problems in the land use system and disruption of the natural-ecological balance. Therefore, in the theory and practice of conducting agricultural activities to ensure the balanced use of land resources, an important role is played by the study of the mutual influence of ecological and economic factors in the process of land use. Methods. Research conducted by use of the dialectical method of knowledge of the economic laws and systematic approach to the study of economic phenomena and processes, monographic, - in the study and theoretical generalization of the results of the conducted research; method of canonical correlation analysis - studying the presence, closeness and direction of connections between sets of ecological and economic indicators; abstract-logical method - in the implementation of theoretical generalizations and formulation of conclusions. Results. The author proposed to use a number of indicators to assess ecological and economic factors and their mutual influence on the state of agricultural land use. An assessment of the interrelationship of these factors was carried out to establish the possibilities of balancing the system of agricultural land use and improving the quality indicators of land resources. Discussion. Optimizing the influence of economic and ecological factors on the efficiency of land use at the national and regional level is important to ensure the functioning of the system of balanced agricultural land use. Therefore, in further research, attention should be focused on the in-depth study of the ecological and economic components of the efficiency of agricultural land use and the dynamics of the mutual influence of different groups of indicators to ensure balanced land use in Ukraine. Keywords: ecological factors, economic factors, efficiency, balanced land use, agricultural land use.

The problems of prospective development of sustainable agricultural land use based on planning results

The relevance of the study is based on the requests for the creation of a perfect land use system based on the principle of sustainability. In this article, the authors explain the concept of sustainability of agricultural land use and considered the methodology for determining the economic efficiency of agricultural land use. The paper focuses on the role of agricultural land use planning and underlines the main methods of planning and forecasting to determine the economic efficiency of agricultural land use.

A new algorithm in determining the effectiveness of sustainable agricultural land use management at various administrative-territorial levels

The relevance of the study is due to the interest and all emerging requests for the creation of a perfect land use system based on the principle of sustainability. In the article, the authors revealed the concept of sustainability of agricultural land use. And we considered the methodology for determining the efficiency of agricultural land use. The analysis of the conditions of agricultural land use and the identification of factors influencing the efficiency of agricultural land use are carried out. The authors paid special attention to the consideration of criteria and a system of indicators of the effectiveness of sustainable agricultural land use management. In addition, the report focuses on the role of agricultural land use planning and identifies the main planning and forecasting methods for determining the effectiveness of agricultural land use.

Improving the efficiency of agricultural land use in the South-East of the Saratov region in the face of climate change

The article analyzes climate change in the dry steppe regions of the Saratov region for the period from 1899–2018. and crop yields for the period from 1933–2018. The trends of improving the moisture supply of the territory in 1902–2007 are revealed. and its aridization in 2008–2018. Noted: an increase in the average annual air temperature and the sum of active air temperatures (≥10°C); decrease in the amount of winter negative air temperatures; increase (by 8–10 days) in the duration of the growing season (which is favorable for late-ripening varieties and hybrids); a decrease in soil freezing (due to which the volume of spring runoff of steppe rivers decreased from 50–95 to 3–19% of the total volume). The need to adapt crop production to changing climatic conditions is emphasized. Based on studies of the relationship between the cycles of 11 and 22-year solar activity (SA) with the amount of precipitation and the yield of grain crops in the Novouzensky district of the Saratov region, a forecast of favorable and unfavorable years for the cultivation of cereal crops was developed, which allows taking into account possible climatic risks and taking the necessary management decisions.

INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF USING LAND RESOURCES AS A FACTOR OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION GROWTH

Land is the basis of the wealth and development of any state, and the efficiency of its use is the basis for determining the level of technological development of the country. The land reform in Ukraine as a component of the economic reform led to a significant deterioration of the condition of agricultural lands, loss of humus from the soil, their degradation and other negative consequences that threaten the economic security of the country and give rise to socio-economic and demographic crisis phenomena, particularly in rural areas. Therefore, the rational use of land resources is of great importance for the development of the national economy, the volume of production of agricultural products and the food problem are closely related to it. It is indicated that ensuring rational and effective use of the country’s land resources is one of the priority tasks facing the state, and compliance with general requirements for the use of land resources is a task that is directly faced by the land users themselves. The efficiency of agricultural land use is the main factor that significantly affects the socio-economic situation both in individual regions and in the country as a whole. Land resources are limited, we can say that natural resources are non-renewable, the main task is their rational use, which depends on their effectiveness. According to the economic development strategy of any country, agriculture is one of the priority areas of the national economy. The use of land resources should be interpreted not only as profit-making, but also as a system of economic, organizational, reclamation. agrotechnical, environmental and other measures, the purpose of which is the rational use of land resources, preservation and increase of productivity. Taking into account the specifics of the agricultural industry, the ecological and economic efficiency of land use deserves the greatest attention, the content of which is generally manifested in the main mission of the business entity; profit and efficient land management, obtaining a sustainable harvest of ecological products.

Optimization of Agricultural Land Use in Chimbay District of the Republic of Karakalpakstan Using GIS Technologies

The article deals with the issue of optimizing the use of agricultural land. The negative impact of the environmental factors of the Aral Sea requires more work on the efficient use of agricultural land in the region. The focus of the research is on the efficient use of agricultural land based on the optimal placement of Agricultural crops. The main factor in optimizing the use of agricultural land is to reduce the resources spent on agricultural production and increase the productivity of agricultural products. Land use optimization work was carried out using GIS technologies and the results were mapped. Agricultural lands in the Chimbay district with complex ecological conditions were selected as a key object, and it was proposed to place crops based on 3 different solutions. Scenario maps for the placement of Agricultural crops were created using the ArcGIS program and its ArcPy application. Irrigated land for the key object was calculated as the amount and productivity of resources used for growing crops. Through the proposed optimal solution, the resources spent on crop production were reduced by 11% and yields were increased by 34%. This optimization model will greatly help to improve the efficiency of agricultural land use with the correct placement of agricultural networks, taking into account environmental and economic factors.

DEVELOPMENT OF SCENARIOS FOR EFFICIENT USE OF LAND RESOURCES OF AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES

The most important irreplaceable wealth of society ever has been land. It serves as the main natural resource, the material condition of people's life and activities, the basis for the location and development of all branches of the national economy, the main means of production, in agriculture and the main source of food. Rational use of land is the most important aspect of agriculture, the main task of land management. Currently, the issues of assessing agricultural land use and its territorial organization, improving the efficiency of using the potential of productive agricultural lands are becoming more and more relevant. First of all, this is due to the economic well-being of both commodity producers and consumers. In the modern domestic practice of land management, tremendous attention is paid to the issue of increasing the efficiency of agricultural land use, including the issue of forecasting and planning in the field of land use. It was found that the processes taking place in nature, the economy, and the social sphere often make it difficult to solve these issues, in connection with which the use of traditional approaches does not always lead to obtaining reliable information. It is emphasized that in order to implement effective land use, it is necessary to take into account the ecological situation of the studied territory, the area of arable land, climatic features, while assessing the possible consequences of interference with the environment. Ensuring the rational and efficient use of agricultural land is of particular importance and it is the most important economic and social factor for the sustainable development of the economy and ensuring the national security of the country. However, this vital resource, due to a number of reasons, is not used sufficiently fully and efficiently. The further development of the agricultural sector within the framework of the study of the intensity and size of land use should be considered in several scenarios, each one is oriented to a set of natural-climatic, organizational-economic, social-political and regulatory-legal conditions. Keywords: land resources, efficiency, agricultural enterprises, state regulation, land relations.

ПУТИ ПОВЫШЕНИЯ ЭФФЕКТИВНОСТИ ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЯ СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННЫХ УГОДИЙ КАК ЧАСТИ ОСНОВНОГО КАПИТАЛА ПРЕДПРИЯТИЙ АПК

The place of the enterprise in agricultural production, its financial condition, and competitiveness in the market depend on the increase in the efficiency of the use of land resources by the organization of the agroindustrial complex (AIC). Nevertheless, the scientific literature does not pay enough attention to the problem of increasing the efficiency of agricultural land use. The study identified the components of the fixed capital of agricultural enterprises, the structure of natural capital, the place of land resources as part of the fixed and natural capital of agricultural formations; factors affecting the efficiency of agricultural land use of agricultural enterprises in the south of the Rostov region. Factor analysis, analogy, synthesis, observation, modeling, concretization, abstraction, classification, grouping, abstract-logical, economic-statistical research methods are used to solve the problems. The main problems of effective use of agricultural lands of agricultural enterprises in the south of the Rostov region are the refusal to use scientifically based crop rotations, violation of the timing of agrotechnical measures, the use of traditional methods of tillage and seed material of outdated breeding. Appropriate measures have been developed and proposed to eliminate the identified problems. Their reasonable combination will improve the financial condition of agro-industrial enterprises and create conditions for sustainable development of rural areas.