OPTIMISATION OF ECOLOGICALLY SAFE AND EFFECTIVE USE OF ARABLE LANDS IN CHERNIVTSI REGION

Definition of the essence and significance of zoning of land resources for the organization of rational and ecologically safe land use have been presented. The placement of Chernivtsi region in the national system of single taxonomic units has been given. Agricultural soil and land evaluation areas, found out during the last round of work on appraisal of Ukrainian soils have been described. Differences within the structure of agricultural lands of the region between the separate land evaluation areas have been determined. Suitability of soils for growing crops according to the eligibility criteria of their properties to agrobiological requirements of plants, taking into account the environmental and economic efficiency of allocation of crops, as well as ecological and technological characteristics of the area has been characterized. The meaning of classification of arable lands suitability to determine the quantaty of crop production has been justified. The assortment of crops, recommended for growing in each land evaluation area of Chernivtsi region has been determined. The grading scale of indicators of economic valuation of lands for growing crops efficiency in different administrative units of Chernivtsi region has been shown. The necessity of taking into account current economic conditions in agricultural field while determining the index of cost recovery for calculating the efficiency of arable land use fo allocation of crops has been proved.