Plant and Soil Science

Modern methods of land and soil quality assessment have been analyzed, as their main and integral component, since from the point of view of agricultural production, high quality of soil means ensuring high productivity of production without significant degradation and pollution of the environment. Advantages and disadvantages of methods of evaluation of individual indicators of soil and soil quality have been identified. The concept of land quality assessment has been developed based on the optimal set of indicators for adequate soil quality assessment and quantitative assessment of land quality change in the course of their agricultural use. Modern approaches to land valuation in Ukraine, prospects for introducing effective land valuation and forecasting are outlined. Recommendations have been given to improve the current land legislation and to establish a system of state control over land users in the field of land protection by identifying major degradation processes, calculating damage from erosion, man-made pollution, negative humus balance, etc.

land quality, soil quality, indicators for land and soil quality assessment, land protection