Environmental aspects of the development of large agricultural integrated formations

Kazan State Agrarian University, 65, Karl Marx street, Kazan, 420015, Russia

^* Corresponding author: gazetdinov.shamil@yandex.ru

Abstract

The article examines the environmental aspects that arise in the process of concentration and specialization of agricultural production in a particular rural area. Thus, as scientific and technological progress develops, the problem of carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere increases. The share of CO₂ emissions in the production of agricultural products is high, including in the conditions of the creation of large integrated agricultural formations. Thus, from a cowshed for 200 heads with an average weight of 500 kg, productivity of 30 kg, the daily CO₂ emission is 1,445 kg. Accordingly, with an average livestock of 5,000 heads in megafarms, this indicator in a particular facility is about 40 tons per day. There are also problems with the protection and improvement of reservoirs and the formation of a “carbon footprint” in the environment. It is proposed to implement a unified integrated approach to solving this problem and its mutual alignment with other sections of the plan when developing a comprehensive development plan for integrated agricultural formations in terms of environmental protection; to ensure the unity and consistency of sanitary and health indicators with socio-economic indicators of rural areas; to carry out all environmental calculations based on current standards; to cover a set of quantitative and qualitative indicators characterizing the level, condition and development of individual industries, socio-economic parameters and the environment of a particular rural area.