Zoning of the Far East to assess the prospects for the development of agriculture

I. A. Trofimov^{1, 2}, L. S. Trofimova¹, E. P. Yakovleva^1
1Federal Williams Research Center of Forage Production & Agroecology, Nauchnyi gorodok, korp. 1, Lobnya, Moskovskaya obl., 141055, Russian Federation
²Tambov Derzhavin State University, Tambov, Komsomol’skaya pl., 5, 392008, Russian Federation

Abstract. The development of agrarian landscape ecological zoning of the Far Eastern natural-economic region was carried out to study the spatial distribution of the landscape and biological and environmental patterns, to improve the information support for rational nature management and to assess the prospects for agricultural development. The work was carried out according to the author's methodology using a variety of sources of information. The region occupies 36% of the territory of Russia and includes 3 territories (the Kamchatka Territory, the Primorsky Territory, the Khabarovsk Territory), 3 regions (the Amur Region, the Magadan Region, the Sakhalin Region), the Jewish Autonomous Region, and the Chukotka Autonomous Region. As a result of agrarian landscape ecological zoning of the territory of the Far East natural and economic region, characterised by a variety of natural and climatic conditions, 163 zoning units were identified: 9 large (zones – arctic, arctotundra, tundra, northern taiga, middle taiga, Sparse forests and light forests of Kamchatka, Far Eastern taiga-forest, Far Eastern zone of broadleaved forests and mountain territories), 32 medium (19 plains and 13 mountainous provinces) and 122 small (60 plains and 62 mountain districts). Forests predominate in the land structure of the Far East (56% of the total area). Marshes occupy 7%, under water – 3%, other lands – 32%. Agricultural lands are located mainly on flat areas in the southern part of the Far East and occupy 8014.1 thousand hectares, or 1.3% of the total area of the macroregion, including arable land – 0.5%, hayfields – 0.4%, pastures – 0.4%. A significant development of negative processes has been established on agricultural lands: the presence of large areas of acidic soils (66%), waterlogging (22%) and mire formation (23%), susceptibility to water and wind erosion (11%). Balanced development of agricultural landscapes, sown areas and crop rotations is considered to be promising as well as development of agriculture and crop production, animal husbandry and fodder production, that are most adapted to the conditions of the Far East.

Keywords: agriculturally used areas; patterns; risks; crop production; fodder production; environmental management.

Author Details: I. A. Trofimov, D. Sc. (Geogr.), head of laboratory, (e-mail: Этот адрес электронной почты защищён от спам-ботов. У вас должен быть включен JavaScript для просмотра.); L. S. Trofimova, Cand. Sc. (Agr.), leading research fellow; E. P. Yakovleva, senior research fellow.

For citation: Trofimov IA, Trofimova LS, Yakovleva EP. [Zoning of the Far East to assess the prospects for the development of agriculture] Dostizheniya nauki i tekhniki APK. 2022;36(4):61-5. Russian. doi: 10.53859/02352451_2022_36_4_61.