Abstract
The Stavropol region of the Northern Caucasus is one of the largest producers of high-quality grain and stock breeding in the USSR. A complex management system is required to cope with Stavropol’s five agricultural zones, which range in characteristics from drought conditions to highly favorable soil and climate.
Using input data covering the period 1971–1982, the Crop Production Model (CPM) accurately described crop—mineral fertilizer relationships for all crops in all years. However, owing to data deficiencies, soil nitrogen values were not correctly estimated.
Linking the CPM to economic models, it is possible to analyze alternative agricultural policies by formulating and solving various optimization problems associated with target production levels. One important result of the numerical runs is confirmation that fallow areas are efficient in the eastern, semiarid zones of the region. Further increases in total output will probably depend on changing technologies, e.g., developing new drought-resistant types of winter wheat.
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Nikonov, A.A. et al. (1988). Stavropol, USSR: An Agricultural Management Model. In: Parikh, J.K. (eds) Sustainable Development of Agriculture. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-3185-0_5
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