The Seeded Rural Meadows of Northwest Priladozhie: a Valuable Food Reserve for the Sustainable Development of Local Dairy Stock Breeding

• Autorzy: Dmitrij Kaekhtin , Roman Nikolaev , Oxana Pushkina , Svetlana Vorobieva
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The transition to a market economy in Russia bas been accompanied by negative effects resulting from the interaction between humans and nature. This is happening in all fields of economic activity, including agriculture. The tendency of people to obtain a fast profit from agricultural land results in its irrational and non-systematic use in all regions, including the North-West of the European part of the Russian Federation. The rural economy in this region is historically and geographically based on dairy stock breeding. The basic food supply for the cattle is formed by seeded meadow lands. Meadows can be used for pasture and haymaking. But regular use and care are necessary for the maintenance of high productivity and valuable floral diversity of grasslands, and the absence of these measures are leading to the degradation of meadow lands. This process is typical of the cattle-breeding regions of the North-West, including the Leningrad region and the Republic of Kareliya, in connection with the difficult economic situation within the agricultural sector. This process is of economic, social and environmental importance. Meadows are not only a valuable food reserve for the sustainable development of stock-breeding, but also a major component of the environment and also gene pool for valuable wild and cultured plants. Therefore, research on the present state of meadows in the Leningrad region are very relevant. The impartial assessment of the degree of aggravation of cultured grasslands will enable planning measures regarding the recovery of their environmental potential, maintenance of their qualitative condition and high productivity, and also enable making economic forecasts. It is necessary to search for a compromise between the environment, economics and sustainable development of local dairy stock breeding. (fragment of text)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Rural areas; Rural development; Sustainable development; Animal husbandry

PL

Obszary wiejskie; Rozwój obszarów wiejskich; Rozwój zrównoważony; Hodowla zwierząt

• Czasopismo: Economic and Environmental Studies
• Rocznik: 2004
• Numer: Vol. 6
• Strony: 255--262

Twórcy

autor

Dmitrij Kaekhtin

• Saint Petersburg State University, Russia

autor

Roman Nikolaev

• Saint Petersburg State University, Russia

autor

Oxana Pushkina

• Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Russia

autor

Svetlana Vorobieva

• Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia, Russia

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