Agro-geographical analysis of agricultural land use in Selenga River basin

Abstract

The main indicators that reflect economic and geographic features of agricultural land use of the Selenga River basin are analyzed. They are: the structure of agricultural lands, the level of agricultural development, the dynamics of the area and the efficiency of arable land use, the structure of droppings, the natural forage lands reserves. The relationship between the distance from the capital of the Republic of Buryatia and the intensity of arable land use are revealed. The values of cropland rentals are calculated. When calculating the land rentals the income approach was used, which involves the calculation of the average value of the net operating income generated during the agricultural industry management. Net operating income is calculated on the basis of the difference between the gross output and the production costs. The principal directions of the transformation of the system of agricultural land use in Mongolian and Russian parts of the basin are revealed.