Land capability evaluation for sustainable economic and anti-erosion agricultural land use and determining the optimal soil protection measures on the territory of four municipalities in Kardzhali district

Authors

  • Diyana Nekova Institute of Soil Science, Agrotechnologies, and Plant Protection (ISSAPP) “Nikola Pushkarov”, Bulgaria Author
  • Vihra Stoinova Institute of Soil Science, Agrotechnologies, and Plant Protection (ISSAPP) “Nikola Pushkarov”, Bulgaria Author

Keywords:

soil erosion, land capability evaluation, soil protection measures, compensatory payments, european programs

Abstract

The study covers agricultural land with an existing way of use – fields, with a predominant monoculture of tobacco and grassland. By analyzing the existing natural and economic conditions, erosion factors and the actual quantities of eroded soil, and assessment of the suitability of agricultural lands for effective anti-erosion use in the municipalities of Ardino, Kirkovoq Djebel and Krumovgrad – Kardzhali district was made. Оptimal soil protection practices are recommended to limit erosion processes and increase soil productivity. Erosions measures are valued according to the amount of compensatory payments determinet by the current European programs.

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Published

22-03-2021

Issue

Vol. 55 No. 1 (2021): Bulgarian Journal of Soil Science Agrochemistry and Ecology

Section

Soil Microbiology

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Nekova, D., & Stoinova, V. (2021). Land capability evaluation for sustainable economic and anti-erosion agricultural land use and determining the optimal soil protection measures on the territory of four municipalities in Kardzhali district. Bulgarian Journal of Soil Science, Agrochemistry and Ecology, 55(1), 21-36. https://agriacad.eu/ojs/index.php/bjssae/article/view/1673