Meadow Farming as an Integrated Institute of Agricultural and Ecological-Natural Resource Relations: Interaction of Legislation

The article analyzes the problems of legal support for meadow farming in the Russian Federation, which is assessed from two sides: firstly, from the side of agricultural legislation, and secondly, from the side of environmental legislation. The author substantiates the principles of legal support for natural vegetation growing in the meadows of Russia for basic and auxiliary agricultural activities. The necessity of different priorities of agricultural and environmental legislation in the first and second cases is emphasized. It also substantiates the need for further development of legislation on meadows in the direction of its detail in order to provide the necessary legal apparatus for the development of agricultural sciences on this issue. Legislation can be developed both at the federal and regional levels. The author also substantiates the definition of meadow farming by offering his own interpretation, as well as justifies the classification of relationships in meadow farming. From the perspective of agricultural and natural resource legislation, the author analyzes the system of land improvement for meadows, hayfields and pastures. From these positions, the author considers various methods of improving meadow lands: methods of low-cost improvement and methods of radical improvement of meadows. In conclusion, the author dwells on the state support of this area of agricultural activity.