Structural shifts in land use in the agricultural sector of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic (the results of national agricultural censuses)

Abstract

The article reviews the system changes in land use in the conditions of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, the features of the impact of specific conditions on the development of the agricultural sector in comparison with other regions of the North Caucasian Federal District and the national average. On the basis of the conducted research according to the agricultural censuses of 2006 and 2016 it has been established that under the influence of modification of the elements of the system of land relations in general, and the type of reproduction process, in the agricultural sector of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic significant structural changes took place: the number of commodity producers in groups of agricultural organizations decreased by 18%, individual entrepreneurs by 51% with the strengthening of the position of peasant (farm) enterprises. The decline in the share of households, not involved in agriculture on 1 July 2016 in comparison with the similar period of 2006 was recorded, the volume of gross output not obtained from the farms which didn’t start agricultural activity by the end of the planting season, was calculated. It has been established that the transformation process in land relations contributed to the increase in the average area of agricultural land in all categories of farms, and in the group of agricultural organizations - in large and medium-sized ones. Structural changes and trends in the transformation of the land fund of private farms and other results of land reform are provided. It is possible to use the materials of agricultural censuses in forecasting the development of a network of production and non-profit agricultural cooperatives, in material and technical support of farming sector, in staff training programs in educational institutions of the Republic, during the conducting agro-economic research and for other purposes.