Potential for agricultural land use planning and forecasting: concept, elements, stages and tools

The authors in their scientific study considered such a relevant topic as the role and importance of forecasting and planning of agricultural land use. Attention was paid to the disclosure of the concepts of forecasting and planning of agricultural land use. The authors developed a scheme of interaction between two major subsystems of land monitoring and land use forecasting. The stages of forecasting agricultural land use are identified. The directions for the formation of sustainable land use at the regional level are developed. Modern principles of planning agricultural land use are defined. The authors also focused on the development of an algorithm for the large-scale implementation of sustainable agricultural land use practices based on the use of agricultural land use planning as the most important ecological and economic system. The authors formulated and proposed the stages of forecasting and planning agricultural land use at the regional level.