Relevant aspects of current agricultural land use

Abstract

One of the most urgent problems in modern conditions including the need to ensure a balanced development of the national economy, increase its competitiveness and sustainability is the creation of a mechanism for involving unused agricultural land. It is no coincidence that the President of the country addressed the problem of ensuring effective and rational land use over the past few years in his Messages to the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation. There are still many unresolved issues in this area. Scientists and specialists state the unsatisfactory condition and soil degradation in Russia. In case of improper exploitation (depletion, soil degradation), agricultural lands often lose their ability to manufacture products for a long time. In such cases, these lands productivity recovery often exceeds market value, mainly in regions where the market value of land is low. For this reason, the land becomes unattractive to the land owners, which is one of the reasons for the low rate of reduction of abandoned, unused land in the area.

Improvement of the methods of state cadastral assessment of agricultural lands while accounting the expenses for bringing a land plot to the state of maximum use efficiency

“…The elimination of negative environmental consequences often requires huge resources that significantly exceed the expenses for maintaining and protecting the environment. As a result, production decreases, as well as the profitability of individual enterprises and of the industry as a whole [1].…”