Techniques for managing the reclamation regime of agricultural landscapes in southern Kazakhstan

Abstract

The article considers the mechanisms of rational natural resources management aimed at technical and technological modernization of agricultural industry as well as at natural resources recovery. The interrelationship of factors participating in the formation of ground-level microclimate, the soil forming process and the hydrogeological regime has been studied. Research Methods. The radiation index (RH) has been proposed to be used for managing the soil and ameliorative conditions of lands. The classification of irrigated lands in the steppe zone has been proposed as well, it is based on the radiation index values. research finding and general conclusion. Thus, there are identified three agricultural zones and three farming systems respectively: neutral, optimal and risky. The main characteristics of the identified farming systems are given. The irrational use of energy resources has resulted in accelerated degradation of the natural environment and desertification of the territory, which in its turn affects the sustainability of steppe agriculture and leads to the deterioration of soil fertility and decrease in gross yields. The necessity to proceed to a new level of scientifically based assessment of bioenergy resources and to develop new farming models, principles and methods of farming system has been shown.