INNOVATIVE MEASUREMENT OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL LAND USE: THE EU’S EXPERIENCE FOR UKRAINE

The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has posed a challenge to food security globally and nationally. In the face of growing climate and environmental challenges, ensuring the sustainability of the food system, which is the basis of the European Green Deal, the European Union's sustainable and inclusive growth strategies, depends on the efficiency and effectiveness of the sustainable agricultural land use system. The aim of the study is to examine the European Union's experience in transforming the system of sustainable agricultural land use on an innovative basis to ensure its sustainability and security in the face of current challenges and threats (both faced and far-looking). The study uses a mixed approach, including factorial analysis and descriptive statistics, using a sample of 27 European Union’s economies and Ukraine’s economy. Ukraine's place on the European Union’s land map is determined, the dynamics of change in the structure of Ukraine's land area is analyzed, priority directions of innovative development of sustainable land use are determined, prospects of common agricultural policy and innovation policy to ensure the transition of the European Union and Ukraine to the sustainable, resilient and competitive economy are outlined. To ensure the sustainability and resilience of the agricultural land use and consequently the food system as a whole, the need to intensify research and introduce innovations has been identified. Innovations are to be aimed at the following goals: 1) protection and restoration of natural ecosystems; 2) preservation and improvement of natural capital and public health; 3) sustainable use of resources, including land, energy; 4) developing resilient food system; 5) accelerating the achievement of zero pollution, 6) development of sustainable and intelligent mobility. Building a system of sustainable agricultural land use requires, firstly, the formation of a new system of knowledge based on the latest research and development, the introduction of which will act in advance to overcome existing risks and threats in agriculture and sustainable rural development, and secondly, development of the system of its institutional support, which is revealed through the action of the consistent organizational and economic mechanism. Future studies are suggested to build an innovative model for the development of the national system of sustainable land use, taking into account the institutional potential of the land management system.

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Priority setting in agricultural land-use types for sustainable development

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems ◽

10.1079/raf200483 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

pp. 136-147 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Nevin Akpinar ◽

Ilkden Talay ◽

Sema Gun

Keyword(s):

Quality Of Life ◽

Land Use ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Developing Countries ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Sustainable Land Use ◽

Agricultural Land Use ◽

Land Use Decisions ◽

Multicriteria Methods

AbstractEven in developing countries that are faced with ecological and socio-economic problems, agricultural areas are constrained by land-use laws to be developed in particular ways. This being the case, the major issues in these areas are a better quality of life and sustainable use of the limited resources. This necessitates planning for sustainable development and evaluating various qualitative and quantitative data in a single framework. Multicriteria or multipurpose decision analysis methods are appropriate for this purpose. Using these methods, physical, economical and social data, as well as planning goals, can be combined and evaluated in the context of sustainable development. These multicriteria methods have been documented widely in a variety of problem areas, but two multicriteria methods, namely AHP (analytic hierarchy process) and ELECTRE II (elimination and choice translating reality), have not been used extensively in agricultural land-use decisions in developing countries. However, in situations where decision-making criteria are non-commensurable, non-comparable or non-countable, and when it is necessary to evaluate the criteria together, as in agricultural land-use decisions, AHP and ELECTRE II methods are warranted. This study reviews these methods briefly and suggests their potential application in the agricultural land-use decision process in a developing country. For this purpose, these methods were sampled in Ziyaret Stream Basin in Adiyaman, which is part of the Güneydoğu Anadolu Projesi (GAP) (South-eastern Anatolian Project) in the Republic of Turkey. The area could be characterized by its rural and agricultural features, although it is under the pressure of Adiyaman urban development. This study shows that both AHP and ELECTRE II methods can be applied successfully for the determination of agricultural land-use priorities, which are an essential part of the quality of life and of sustainable land-use studies.

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Transforming agricultural land use through marginal gains in the food system

Global Environmental Change ◽

10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101932 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 57 ◽

pp. 101932 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Peter Alexander ◽

Anjali Reddy ◽

Calum Brown ◽

Roslyn C. Henry ◽

Mark D.A. Rounsevell

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Food System ◽

Agricultural Land Use

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Is Natural Capital Really Substitutable?

Annual Review of Environment and Resources ◽

10.1146/annurev-environ-101718-033055 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 44 (1) ◽

pp. 425-448 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

François Cohen ◽

Cameron J. Hepburn ◽

Alexander Teytelboym

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Energy Use ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Natural Capital ◽

Empirical Literature ◽

Agricultural Land Use ◽

Careful Scrutiny ◽

Long Run ◽

Industrial Energy ◽

Industrial Energy Use

The extent to which natural capital can be substituted with manufactured or human capital in production is a key determinant of the possibility of long-run sustainable economic development. We review empirical literature pertaining to the degree of substitutability between natural capital and other forms of capital. We find that most available substitutability estimates do not stand up to careful scrutiny. Moreover, accurate substitutability estimates are even more difficult to produce for unpriced or mispriced resources. Finally, we provide evidence from industrial energy use, and agricultural land use, that suggests substitutability of natural capital with other forms of capital may be low to moderate.

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Environmental Regulation of Agriculture in Federal Systems of Government: The Case of Australia

Agronomy ◽

10.3390/agronomy11081478 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (8) ◽

pp. 1478

Author(s):

Evan Hamman ◽

Felicity Deane ◽

Amanda Kennedy ◽

Anna Huggins ◽

Zoe Nay

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Natural Capital ◽

National Level ◽

Fine Tuning ◽

Agricultural Land Use ◽

Policy Mix ◽

Government Action ◽

Regulatory Interventions ◽

Regulatory Complexity

The regulation of environmental impacts from agriculture can take place at various scales. In some nations, with federal systems of government, the multiscale nature of regulatory interventions can be confusing for farmers, not to mention costly and time-consuming to navigate. Regulatory overlap contributes to inefficiency and wastage in governance efforts, reduced trust in government action and can preclude positive environmental outcomes across the landscape. In this article, we explore how Australia’s national-level law has been applied to agricultural land use. We canvas the concepts of regulatory complexity and ambiguity, and argue for a more integrated and flexible policy mix that rewards positive behaviour and stewardship of natural capital. This model would provide financial and other personal gains for those who can demonstrate objectives are being met. Further empirical research on fine-tuning that policy mix, again across scale, is warranted.

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SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL LAND USE IN UKRAINE: PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF DEVELOPMENT

Vìsnik Sumsʹkogo deržavnogo unìversitetu ◽

10.21272/1817-9215.2021.1-27 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 (1) ◽

Author(s):

O. Chygryn ◽

O. Ivakhnenko ◽

T. Vasilyeva

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Environmental Problems ◽

Sustainable Land Use ◽

Agricultural Land Use ◽

Practical Implementation ◽

Anthropogenic Pressure ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Land Using

The issue of ensuring the sustainable development of mankind today is recognized as one of the most pressing issues facing society. The purpose of the study is to generalize the features of sustainable land using, identify the main problems of sustainable use of agricultural land in Ukraine and the key ways to solve them. The paper summarizes the key stages of the formation of prerequisites for sustainable land using, systematizes documents and events to create a model of sustainable development, highlights the basic principles and goals of sustainable agricultural land use, in accordance with the concept of sustainable development. The authors emphasize that the practical implementation of the concept of sustainable agricultural land use requires prioritization of agricultural land, especially environmental, as well as increasing the responsibility of agricultural businesses for disturbing the ecological balance and excessive anthropogenic pressure on land resources. It is noted that in Ukraine there is an irrational structure of land use, which is environmentally dangerous. The main problems of sustainable agricultural land use development are highlighted. The authors note that in recent years in Ukraine there have been negative trends in the development of processes that significantly affect agricultural land use. The most acute environmental problems are the development of degradation processes in the arable lands of Ukraine, which are continuous, regional or local in nature. The authors argue that the decline in the natural potential of agricultural land in Ukraine is becoming an even more serious threat to the sustainable development of land use than environmental problems. The priority directions of development of sustainable land use in Ukraine are offered, which will allow passing to the model of sustainable agricultural land use.

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Sustainable land use in the northern region: problems and instruments

Proceedings of the Komi Science Centre of the Ural Division of the Russian Academy of Sciences ◽

10.19110/1994-5655-2021-2-102-114 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 ◽

pp. 102-114

Author(s):

I.S. Maltseva ◽

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Land Management ◽

Large Scale ◽

Quantitative Methods ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Komi Republic ◽

Northern Region ◽

Sustainable Land Use ◽

Land Policy ◽

Agricultural Land Use

The study of sustainable land use in agriculture is a growing direction of research worldwide. The relevance of this topic is related to the large-scale degradation and increasing multifun-ctionality of agricultural land. According to scientists, unsustainable land use is largely due to the shortcomings in land management. In the Russian Federation, this scientific direction is less developed, especially in terms of policy instruments at the regional level. The aim of the work is to pro-pose instruments for sustainable land use in the northern region based on the study of the works of foreign and Russian scientists and the assessment of the effectiveness of agricultural land management mechanisms in the Komi Republic. The object of the study is the agricultural land use of the Komi Republic. The methodological basis of the research is as follows: monographic method, analysis and synthesis, systematization and generalization, quantitative methods of statistical information processing. The paper examines the current agrarian land policy in Russia and its mechanisms, and reveals its weak focus on achieving sustainable land use. The classification of the instruments of the policy of sustainable land use is clarified and supplemented with the following elements of social sustainability: protection of cultural and social values of society, preservation of traditional land use and ancient settlements, use of local knowledge about land use activities, and environmental justice. Based on the analysis of the agricultural land use of the Komi Republic and its regulatory instruments, the use of elements of sustainable land use aimed at supporting soil fertility through agroforestry, agroforestry reclamation, and the development of agrobiology is proposed. The introduction of ʺgreen public procurementʺ, the expansion of measures to inform and train best practices of land use are recommended.

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