STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE STATUS AND USE OF AGRICULTURAL LAND IN RUSSIA

Issue № 2, 2016, article № 11, pages 62-67

Section: Problems of agroeconomic researches

Language: Russian

Original language title: СТАТИСТИЧЕСКИЙ АНАЛИЗ СОСТОЯНИЯ И ИСПОЛЬЗОВАНИЯ СЕЛЬСКОХОЗЯЙСТВЕННЫЙ УГОДИЙ В РОССИИ

Keywords: AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURAL LANDS, CULTIVATED AREA, PRODUCTIVITY

Abstract: In Russia in the course of transformations in economy for the last quarter of the century the influence of economic activity on structure, quality and use of agricultural lands (annual reduction of their sizes, decrease in fertility of soils, destruction of system of melioration, etc.) were significantly changed. It is characteristic that all this began to be reflected in economic activity that causes the necessity of studying of these processes. The purpose of article is the analysis of the happening changes in use of agricultural lands since 1990 in economic activity, environment in their interaction, interdependence and interrelation. The article gives a statistical analysis of the size, condition and quality of agricultural land for the years 1990-2014, evaluated the impact on them of economic activities and results of the federal program. The results of the All-Russian agricultural census of 2006 were considered in the analysis. The author allocated a number of negative tendencies in use of the land: reduction for 40‰ of agricultural lands, increase in lands in settlements, change of structure of land, decrease in the area of the irrigated and drained lands, noticeable decrease in cadastral cost of lands, reduction of agricultural grounds in regions with favorable conditions for farming. For ensuring food security of the country and import substitution it is necessary to restore quality of soils, to involve not used lands in agriculture, to increase the state support of agriculture, to restore material base. It is necessary to raise the level of the income of agricultural producers and level of an intensification of production

Authors: KHaritonova Anna Evgenevna