Assessment of the modern soil and agroecological potential of agricultural landscapes of Belarus

   Comprehensive agroecological assessment makes it possible to rationalize the use of natural resources, identify opportunities for adapting agriculture to natural conditions, and find a balance between intensification and ecologization. The paper presents a methodology for the comprehensive assessment of the soil-agroecological potential of agricultural landscapes in Belarus, based on statistical analysis of their characteristics. The methodology is based on a geodatabase that includes agroecological characteristics of 1316 agricultural landscapes across the country. Sequential factor and regression analyses allow for a justified reduction in the number of variables, the development of regression equations for the yield of grain and leguminous crops for the period 1995–2024 with five-year intervals, and the calculation of the index of soil-agroecological potential of agricultural landscapes (ISAP). The highest potential is observed in the Grodno Upland, where it amounts to 112.6 index points, while the lowest is found in the Neshcherdo-Gorodokskaya Upland, with 55.0 index points.

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