National action program to combat desertification of Kalmykia as a basis for sustainable development of agriculture

Abstract

The article is devoted to the modern assessment of the state of land resources in the central and eastern natural and agricultural zones of Kalmykia. For four decades, the attention of accountants and practitioners has been focused on the study of the processes and sub-processes of desertification. The first systemic document with an assessment of the state of natural fodder lands, the Eastern zone, and land management activities was the “General Scheme to Combat Desertification in the Black Lands and Kizlyar Pastures” (1986).
The implementation of the activities of the “General Scheme to Combat Desertification in the Black Lands and Kizlyar Pastures” made it possible to stop the processes of desertification. Since 2000, agrophytomeliorative measures to restore and increase the productivity of pastures have been ineffective.
In this regard, it is necessary to revise the concept of combating desertification within the framework of the National Action Program to Combat Desertification. Namely, to reconsider the traditional paradigm of the perception of land as a source of food resources towards their integral part of the biosphere, which ensures the sustainable existence of man.