Assessment of efficiency of the organic production development in Western Polissia regions

Abstract

Purpose. The purpose of the article is to assess the socio-ecological and economic efficiency of the organic land-use through the economic substantiation of the organic production development in the Western Polissia regions and its impact on the population health. 
 Methodology / approach. We used general scientific and special research methods for the study. With methods of comparisons, extrapolations, correlations and the regression analysis, we could give an ecological and economical estimate for costs using for the organic land-use engineering and for the feasibility evaluation of the organic production development. The synthesis method was useful in determining the socio-economic efficiency of growing organic products. The State Statistics Service data, collections of health indicators and the activities of medical institutions in the Rivne region became the initial basis for the present study.
 Results. We made the scientific rationale for the organic production development in the Western Polissia, namely, in Volyn, Rivne, Zhytomyr and Kyiv regions, determined the stabilizing costs for the quality condition of 1 hectare of agricultural land. Moreover, the absence of a direct and close relationship between the agro-ecological indicators of soils and the rate of land certification was proved. It was proposed to use the economic criteria for the agricultural land suitability relative to the organic production, as they are defined as informational rather than restrictive. Mathematical modeling helped to evidence the existence of a relationship between the volume of mineral fertilizers applied per hectare of sown area and the level of the population oncological morbidity exemplified by Rivne region, resulting in mathematical models obtained and applied for the predictive estimates of health problems among the population in Rivne region for the coming years.
 Originality / scientific novelty. For the first time, the assessment of the socio-economic efficiency of the organic land use was carried out with the involvement of economic justification for the development of organic production in Western Polissia regions and its impact on the population health.
 Practical value / implications. Key results of the study are primarily actionable for determining the ecological and economic substantiation of the development advisability of the organic production through the implementation of the ecological and economic appraisal of costs using for the organic land-use engineering. In addition to it, another key result is to set the level of reduction in the population morbidity due to a decrease in mineral fertilizers applicable per hectare of sown area.

Tools for the formation of a “favorable environment” for organic production as a prerequisite for the sustainable development of agriculture in Ukraine

“…Constantly growing consumer demands for organic products, as well as the global trends towards sustainable farming, allow Ukraine to be the active participant in the world organic market. The organization of the effective output of organic products in the management system of the agrarian nature remains relevant and is considered as one of the major ways of the agricultural production ecologization [13].…”

Food security, human health, and economy: a holistic approach to sustainable regulation

“…This is the initial stage of research into the socio-ecological and economic assessment of losses associated with excessive chemicalization of agriculture, so further research is fully justified. These localised relationships are already found practical application in current and predictive assessments of healthcare effects arising from reduced agrochemical loads (Skorokhod, 2022).…”

“…The regulatory framework for ensuring sustainable food security demands careful consideration of organisational and economic mechanisms for ecologisation, with a strong emphasis on health assessment. The interdisciplinary complexity and the widespread impact of environmentally destructive factors on public health at all stages of agricultural production and consumption present substantial methodological, scientific, methodological, and practical challenges in the development of appropriate policy measures (Tsarenko et Skorokhod, 2022). The assessment of public health dependency on ecodestructive factors associated with agricultural chemicalization and the consumption of contaminated food relies on various socio-ecological and economic parameters that lack standardisation and often have local relevance.…”

“…In this context, analysing the impact of contaminated agricultural products on public health within the framework of sustainable food security regulation should be an essential issue in Ukrainian science. I. Skorokhod found a connection between the influence of mineral fertiliser and cancer morbidity in the Rivne region (Skorokhod, 2022). Some scholars estimated the economic losses associated with public health deterioration due to consuming contaminated food (Tsarenko, 1998;Tsarenko et al, 2002).…”