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Agricultural Soil Degradation in Ukraine

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Impact of Agriculture on Soil Degradation II

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The degradation of the arable soils is one of the critical issues for Ukraine’s agriculture production. The agricultural area covers 19 million hectares within the Steppe zone, 16.9 million hectares within the Forest-Steppe zone and 5.6 million hectares in the Forest zone. The most important soils in Ukraine are chernozems, phaeozems and albeluvisols. This chapter aims to study the factors affecting Ukraine’s agricultural soil degradation. The physical degradation of the Ukraine lands is related to excessive ploughing, poor balance of nutrients, insufficient application of organic matter, mineral fertilisers, ameliorants and pollution. Many economically valuable crops are growing without reliable erosion protection measurements application. The area affected by the radioactive elements in Ukraine is about 461.7 thousand hectares. Overgrazing, slash-and-burn agriculture are not typical in Ukraine. The urgent needs for Ukraine are innovation and investments in strengthening the material and technical base of the agricultural sector.

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Notes

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    https://superagronom.com/news/200-naybilshi-problemi-z-eroziyeyu-gruntiv-v-shesti-oblastyah-ukrayini.

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    http://www.iogu.gov.ua/monitorynh-objektiv-dovkillya/vazhki-metaly/.

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    http://www.iogu.gov.ua/monitorynh-objektiv-dovkillya/vazhki-metaly.

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    http://www.iogu.gov.ua/monitorynh-objektiv-dovkillya/radionuklidy.

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    http://www.iogu.gov.ua/monitorynh-objektiv-dovkillya/radionuklidy.

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    http://www.iogu.gov.ua/monitorynh-objektiv-dovkillya/radionuklidy.

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    https://superagronom.com/news/12128-ploschi-zroshuvanih-zemel-v-ukrayini-zbilshuyutsya-v-2020-polito-ponad-550-tis-ga.

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    http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2018/sg/vmod/vmodsg2019.xls.

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    http://www.ukrstat.gov.ua/operativ/operativ2021/sg/ksgt/arh_ksgt2021_u.html.

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    http://ukrstat.gov.ua/.

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  1. Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukraine

    Oleksandr Menshov

  2. NSC “Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research n. a. O.N. Sokolovskiy”, Kharkiv, Ukraine

    Oleksandr Kruglov

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Menshov, O., Kruglov, O. (2023). Agricultural Soil Degradation in Ukraine. In: Pereira, P., Muñoz-Rojas, M., Bogunovic, I., Zhao, W. (eds) Impact of Agriculture on Soil Degradation II. The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, vol 121. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/698_2022_951

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