Monitoring of Degraded Agricultural Lands of the Arid AgroClimatic Zone of the Stavropol Territory

Monitoring, assessment and analysis of the qualitative state of degraded agricultural landscapes within the arid agroclimatic zone of the Stavropol Territory and development of proposals for their further use. Monitoring of agricultural landscapes was carried out on the basis of modern remote and ground-based methods of territory survey and identification of degraded land. Zoning of all agrolandscapes of the agroclimatic zone was carried out on the basis of monitoring studies and the distribution of land according to their suitability for agricultural production. In the course of monitoring studies, it was found that the area of agricultural landscapes of the arid agroclimatic zone exposed to water, wind and joint erosion increased by 46039 ha during the study period and in 2020 is 577758 ha or 24.3% of the territory. At the same time, more than 152 thousand hectares of land have an average degree of degradation, and more than 73.5 thousand hectares have a strong degree. The use of degraded agricultural landscapes in agriculture should be based on their quality condition. The results of long-term monitoring studies and their cartographic support will allow us to preserve and improve agricultural land through the implementation of agrotechnical, hydrotechnical and agroforestry reclamation projects.