agricultural landscape

Agroecological Monitoring of Irrigated Agro-landscapes of Saratov Zavolzhie’ South-East

Authors: Tarbaev V. A., Tarasenko P. V., Molochko A. V., Morozov M. I.

The article presents results of firths’ ecological and meliorative conditions monitoring, level of vegetation cover degradation and dynamics of fodder land use within Aleksandrov Gay municipal district of Saratov region for the period from 1952. As the result of the research were detected 3 periods of meliorative development and impact on the state of land. The authors propose to improve the ecological and meliorative condition of agro-landscapes by reconstructing firths, reducing the size of longlines and reducing flooding rates.

Optimizing Land use Structure to Increase the Sustainability of Agricultural Landscapes (on the Example of the Soviet District)

Authors: Gusev V. A., Basamikin S. S., Shlapak P. A.

The article discusses several techniques to optimize land use, adapted to the territory of the Saratov Zavolzhje, investigate the dynamics of land relations in the Soviet district of the Saratov region over the past 40 years, made recommendations for the improvement of the Soviet district land use to increase the stability of agricultural landscapes.