scholarly journals Greening of agricultural land use as a major component of organic farming and sustainable development

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 145-149
Author(s):  
T.O. Stepanenko ◽  
O.Ya. Petrenko ◽  
P.F. Tsygikal
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
State Level ◽  
World Market ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Agricultural Land Use ◽  
Organic Products

In the interests of further development of organic production in Ukraine, it is necessary: to increase the area for the "organic" production through the use of uncontaminated lands; to create conditions for proper stimulation of agricultural producers, reduction of risks of organic production; to work out a system of state certification of organic products, to ensure clear state control over the quality of organic food; to create an appropriate base for the processing organic raw materials; to promote the competitiveness of domestic "organic" in the world market. Therefore, when greening agricultural land use as a basis for the development of organic farming, it is advisable to determine the optimal areas at the state level, primarily from an ecological point of view, involved in agricultural land turnover. To develop mechanisms for their most cost-effective use and provide the most favorable conditions for preserving the ecological and economic potential of agricultural land. We see the main goals of greening of agricultural production in the greening of social production, including the agricultural sector by greening its individual components, which are combined into a single system. Greening technological and management solutions are undoubtedly important. The priority tasks of greening agricultural land use as the main component of organic farming include strengthening environmental safety; reducing the man-made load on natural biocenoses; rational use of natural resources; preserving, reproducing and increasing soil fertility; introducing energy-saving waste-free production technologies; increasing the production of environmentally friendly organic products.

scholarly journals Trends in the development of the organic products market

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Butenko ◽  
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V. Baidala ◽  
A. Toiunda ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Organic Farming ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Life Quality ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Market ◽  
History Analysis ◽  
Organic Products ◽  
The World ◽  
Leading Position

Problems of the environmental degradation, declining life quality and the need to meet the needs of consumers in organic food determine the relevance of research the market of organic products. The purpose of the article is the consideration of the development history, analysis of world experience and trends in the market of organic products in order to develop mechanisms that will contribute to the development of this market segment in Ukraine. There are considered the history of the development of organic farming, its main stages, and significant events in this article. It is determined that the production of organic products was formed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the modern interpretation and get widespread in the 80s of the twentieth century. The authors analyze the current state of the market of organic products in countries that have leading positions in the world. The special features of the formation of this market in the EU, where the area of organic farming is about 7.5% of the area of agricultural land, are considered. The analysis of volumes of consumption of organic products in the different countries is done. It is determined that the leaders in the production and consumption of organic products are the United States, Germany, France, Italy, China. Special attention is paid to the functioning of the market of organic products in Ukraine. It is determined that Ukraine has a leading position in exporting of organic products to the world market. But the vast majority of such exports are raw materials. Based on the world experience of organic market development, the main mechanisms have been identified. Its application will help to further development of organic market in Ukraine.

An Application of Linear Programming and Geographic Information Systems: Cropland Allocation in Antigua

1992 ◽  
Vol 24 (4) ◽  
pp. 535-549 ◽  
Author(s):  
J C Campbell ◽  
J Radke ◽  
J T Gless ◽  
R M Wirtshafter
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Linear Programming ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Geographic Information ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Agricultural Land Use ◽  
Cost Information ◽  
Policy Application

This paper is focused on the application of linear programming (LP) in combination with a geographic information system (GIS) in planning agricultural land-use strategies. One of the essential inputs for planning any agricultural land-use strategy is a knowledge of the natural resources. This is even more critical in small countries such as those in the Eastern Caribbean, where land-area limitations dictate a greater need for careful assessment and management of these resources. The first step of the proposed methodology is to obtain an assessment of the natural resources available to agriculture. The GIS is used to delineate land-use conflicts and provide reliable information on the natural-resource database. This is followed by combining the data on natural resources with other quantifiable information on available labour, market forecasts, technology, and cost information in order to estimate the economic potential of the agricultural sector. LP is used in this step. Finally, the GIS is applied again to map the crop and land-allocation patterns generated by the LP model. The results are concrete suggestions for resource allocation, farm-size mix, policy application, and implementation projects.

scholarly journals Scientific and methodological approaches to the development of experimental land management projects for the organization of the territory of state scientific institutions and enterprises for the production of organic products

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Dorosh ◽  
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A. Barvinskyi ◽  
G. Kolisnyk ◽  
L. Svyrydova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Crop Production ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Anthropogenic Pressure ◽  
Research Institutions ◽  
State Research ◽  
Organic Products ◽  
Methodological Approaches

The expansion of organic production in Ukraine is in line with global trends in the agricultural sector in the direction of greening of agricultural land use, accompanied by reducing the level of anthropogenic pressure on land resources, ensuring high quality crop products and maintaining a clean environment. The only means of creating spatial conditions for the harmonious functioning of organic land use within the territories of state research institutions and enterprises is the appropriate land management mechanism, which is currently lacking. Therefore, it is important to solve this problem by its creation and implementation in the practice of economic entities. The purpose of this study is to improve scientific and methodological approaches to the development of experimental land management projects for the organization of the territory for the production of organic products within the land use of state research institutions and enterprises. For this purpose the following tasks were solved: analysis of the current state of development of relevant land management projects and their legal support, determination of structural features and placement of relevant elements of the organization of the territory for organic crop production, substantiation of ecological and economic optimization of agricultural land structure and crop rotation.

scholarly journals FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE REPRODUCTION OF BALANCED AGRICULTURAL LAND USE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nadiia Davydenko ◽  
Olena Zhovnirenko ◽  
Olha Kliuchka
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Financial Support ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Tax Incentives ◽  
The State ◽  
Agricultural Land Use ◽  
Minimal Impact ◽  
Balanced Development ◽  
Credit Mechanism

An important component of forming the basis for the balanced development of the domestic agricultural sector is the reproduction and protection of land resources. A significant part of the problems here are directly related to the insufficiency and inefficiency of financial support for agricultural land use. The purpose of the article is to reveal the financial and credit mechanism for ensuring balanced land use and to develop proposals for improving the financial support for the reproduction and protection of agricultural land through the introduction of tax incentives. The financial and credit mechanism for stimulating balanced agricultural land use can be defined as structurally complex and diversified; it has its own features to ensure its implementation and influence on the subjects of financial and credit relations in the direction of regulating their activities. It is established that financial relations in agricultural land use combine a very large chain of relationships between the state, enterprises, individuals and financial institutions in terms of financial support for the reproduction of agricultural land use. The financial and credit mechanism for stimulating balanced agricultural land use can be defined as structurally complex and branched; it has its own features to ensure its implementation and influence on the subjects of financial and credit relations in the direction of regulating their activities. It is proved that it is necessary to create such conditions of management that unbalanced use of land became economically unprofitable. The level of profitability and income of land users should become dependent on the degree of achievement of balanced agricultural land use, which is determined by a set of agrochemical indicators of the quality of land used for agricultural activities. In order to financially ensure the reproduction of balanced agricultural land use, the introduction of tax incentives is proposed. These include the formation of general favorable tax conditions for enterprises in the agricultural sector of the economy and the introduction of targeted tax benefits. It is established that the use of the above financial and credit levers and incentives for the development of balanced land use is the most accepted in today's challenges, because it has minimal impact on the expenditure side of the state budget.

scholarly journals Sustainable agriculture through organic farming in India

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 299-304
Author(s):  
Rajkaranbir Singh
Keyword(s):  
Organic Farming ◽  
Value Chain ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Organic Food ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Export Market ◽  
Chemical Fertilizers ◽  
Climatic Regions ◽  
North East ◽  
Organic Products

Organic products are grown under a system of agriculture without the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides with an environmentally and socially responsible approach. Organic agriculture is developing rapidly and today 186 countries produce organic food commercially. Currently, only 1.5 percent of the world’s agricultural land is farmed organically. The status of organic farming in India is bestowed with lot of potential to produce all varieties of organic products due to its various agro climatic regions. In several parts of the country, the inherited tradition of organic farming is an added advantage. This holds promise for the organic producers to tap the market which is growing steadily in the domestic market related to the export market. India ranks 9th in terms of World’s organic agricultural land and 1st in terms of total number of producers. The popularity of organic food is growing dramatically as consumer seeks the organic foods that are thought to be healthier and safer. As per the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (MoAFW), 2.78 million ha was covered under organic farming in India which is about 2 per cent of the 140.1 million ha net sown area in the country. Of this, 1.94 million ha (70%) area is under National Project on Organic Farming NPOP, 0.59 million ha (21.5%) under Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY), 0.07 million ha (2.6 %) under Mission Organic Value Chain Development for North East Region (MOVCDNER) and 0.17 million ha (6.1% ) under state schemes or non-schemes. The certified organic production for all crop categories stood at 2.6 million metric tons.in 2018-19. Sugar crops (sugarcane), oilseeds, cereals and millets, fiber crops, pulses, medicinal, herbal and aromatic plants, and spices/condiments are the highest produced organic commodities in India. However, the Indian organic food industry is curtailed by multiple challenges including reduced farm production per hectare, a general apprehension among farmers to forego the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and higher storage and transportation costs due to the lack of preservatives required for long-term storage. The states should step up their action in a concerted way to promote organic and natural farming. States can play an instrumental role in helping farmers sell their organic and natural produce by developing organic value chains, procuring organic produce and helping farmers get remunerative prices.

scholarly journals Viability of Organic Production in Rural Counties: County and State-Level Evidence from the United States

2011 ◽  
Vol 43 (3) ◽  
pp. 443-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Genti Kostandini ◽  
Elton Mykerezi ◽  
Eftila Tanellari
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
State Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Natural Amenities ◽  
Level Data ◽  
Positive Effect

We investigate the determinants of organic farming in the United States. State-level data show that the organic farming sector has grown over the last decade, but growth has been very heterogeneous with few states accounting for most of the growth. Further analyses of county data reveal that favorable natural amenities, water for irrigation, and government payments have a positive effect on most measures of organic farming used here. Results further point out that organic farming operations are more popular among young farmers. Adjacency to metro areas is also an important determinant for the number of organic operations. Organic farming is more important for the agricultural sector of the areas that are somewhat remote but that does not appear to be the case for very remote rural areas.

scholarly journals The essence and role of environmentally friendly agricultural land use in agriculture

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. Kupriyanchyk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Agricultural Land Use ◽  
Environmental Constraints ◽  
Agricultural Producers ◽  
Environmental Threats

The article deals with the relationship between economic development and environmental security.With regard to agricultural land use, ensuring environmental security involves optimizing the organization of land use and land use process on the basis of environmental restrictions on environmental pollution and agricultural products. First of all, according to environmental constraints, the possibilities of exploitation of natural resources and taking into account the peculiarities of agroecosystems (natural and climatic conditions, water resources, terrain, land and soil structure, land erosion, etc.) are determined to address food security. On their basis, ecologically balanced operation of agroecosystems is carried out through the formation of ecologically safe land uses, which provide for the optimization of economic activity of agricultural producers, taking into account environmental constraints. The article clarifies the essence and significance of ecologically safe agricultural land use in agriculture, proposes an approach to defining the essence of ecologically safe agricultural land use as a process of land use in the agricultural sector of the economy, which prevents the danger to human health, degradation of land resources, as well as their resilience to environmental threats and risks. The role of ecologically safe agrarian land use in ensuring sustainable development of rural areas and directions of influence of interaction of ecological and economic components of safety of agrarian land use are defined.

scholarly journals INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPLY OF THE ORGANIC SECTOR OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ON COOPERATION BASES

2019 ◽  
pp. 163-171
Author(s):  
L. S. Kryuchko
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Plant Protection ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Retail Trade ◽  
Organic Fertilizers ◽  
Mineral Fertilizers ◽  
High Fertility ◽  
Organic Products

The article considers the expediency of organic agricultural production with the definition of a number of advantages, such as economic, environmental and social. The conditions for the development of organic agricultural production are given, namely: the presence of large areas of environmentally friendly agricultural land; high fertility of soils; favorable climatic conditions; low level of use of mineral fertilizers, plant protection products; presence of potential consumers market; Export attractiveness of organic products for EU countries; provision of the agrarian sector of the economy by labor resources. The efficiency of production of organic agro production, which is determined by internal (organizational, techno-technological, economic, marketing) and external (economic, institutional, legal, natural-ecological, social) factors, is investigated. The reasons that hinder the efficiency of production of organic products in Ukraine, which can be attributed to: imperfect institutional support and lack of state financial support; Innovative passivity of most manufacturers and management structures; lack of awareness of producers regarding the specifics of organic production and the public regarding the benefits of organic products; the predominance of exports of organic raw materials; processing, production, wholesale and retail trade in organic products of consumption are still underdeveloped; deficit of grain and other agricultural crops of organic origin; insufficient number of cattle as the main producer of organic fertilizers; high cost of borrowed funds; high ethnogeny load on the area of ​​Central and Eastern Ukraine. The evolution of the organic agricultural market will lead to the development of the relevant infrastructure. Agriculture of Ukraine has all the conditions for the development of organic agricultural production, since the soil-climatic allow to significantly expand the volume of organic farming. Co-operation of the organic agricultural sector in Ukraine is presented in the form of dairy cooperatives, which are intended for the sale of milk at more attractive prices. The cooperative movement makes it possible to combine efforts to create real competition for powerful agrarian enterprises and, at the same time, to promote the spread of organic agricultural production.

Subjects of legal relations in the field of organic agricultural production: general characteristics

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Novak Tamara ◽  
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Melnyk Viktoriia ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Environmental Safety ◽  
Research Area ◽  
Organic Production ◽  
Agricultural Products ◽  
Animal Origin ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Organic Products

The article is devoted to the definition of the concept and types of subjects of legal relations in the field of organic agricultural production based on the analysis of doctrinal approaches and provisions of domestic and international law. Applying the approach «from general to specific» the concepts of «subjects of legal relations», «subjects of agrarian legal relations», «subjects of legal relations in the field of organic agricultural production» are investigated. It is concluded that the concept of «agricultural producer» is generalized and covers all producers of such products, regard less of the object of production and other characteristics of this entity and the production process. Formulated is the concept of «producer of organic products (raw materials)» – a subject of agrarian legal relations, which independently owns and disposes of separate property, in the property complex of which the main means of production is a natural object – agricultural land used by it for organic production, as well as processing of raw materials of plant and animal origin, or a fishery facility for the production and processing of aquaculture facilities in order to ensure food security, subject to compliance with environmental safety requirements. The basic constitutive features of producers of organic products (raw materials) are determined: the presence of a certificate of conformity and inclusion in the registers according to the legislation. It is substantiated that the main subjects of legal relations in the field of organic agricultural production are individuals and legal entities engaged in the production and/or circulation of products in accordance with the requirements of legislation in the field of organic production, circulation and labeling of organic products. Auxiliary subjects of legal relations in the research area are certification bodies, public authorities with powers in the field of regulation and control over such activities, as well as processing, procurement, marketing, supply, service and other agricultural entities, the public. Keywords: subject, legal relations, organic agricultural production, agricultural enterprise, producer of agricultural products, agricultural products, operator, certification body, organic products

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