Investigation of the ecological state of natural resources at agricultural enterprises of various forms of ownership in the eastern region of Opllia

Abstract

In order to provide sustainable development of agroecosystems and rational nature management, it is essential to make a transition to alternative farming methods. Organization of agricultural area is the first stage in the process of transforming a natural ecosystem into an agroecosystem. The limits of the types of agricultural area organization form natural boundaries of agroecosystems. The basis of conducting the research is the investigation of the ecological state of natural resources of agricultural enterprises of various forms of ownership in the eastern region of Opillia, namely the agroecosystems of two farms as a comparison of a traditional method of farming and a bioorganic one as well as their influence on the ecosystems on the territory of Berezhany district (investigation of the agroecosystems in TzOV “Zhyva Zemlia Potutory” in the village of Potutory  Berezhany district (organic farming method), and TOV “Agroprodservis” in the village of Kozliv, Ternopil region). The research is aimed at the substantiation of ecological approaches and the analysis of practical recommendations on the formation of a mechanism of the development of ecologically-safe farming and at providing the ecological assessment of the agricultural landscapes in order to provide organic crop cultivation. Materials and methods corresponded to the methodology of a continuous soil-agrochemical monitoring of agricultural lands in Ukraine.  In most cases, alternative farms cannot compete with traditional farms in terms of crop yield. Satisfactory crop yields absolutely depend on the amount of manure and compost applied as well as on the area that farmers can allocate for growing legumes.