INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVENESS OF SOILS OF THE CARPATHIAN REGION OF UKRAINE

Abstract

T he purpose of this publication is to substantiate a comprehensive assessment of the investment attractiveness of soils of the Carpathian region of Ukraine, as well as to investigate the theoretical and methodological approaches of the assessment of the investment attractiveness of soils, to develop indicators for evaluating the agricultural production properties of the soil and to formulate the soils quality. The criteria for investment attractiveness of soils are soil, climate, technological, organizational, economic, social, legal. The primary task is the formation of databases of agro-production properties of modal types of soils within the Carpathian region, first of all their morphological, physical and physical-chemical properties, which determine the fertility of soils and may affect on the investment attractiveness. A proper soil assessment is extremely important in order to evaluate the investment attractiveness of the territory and to reduce the possible investment risk, quickly and proper justify the planned investments.