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Agriculture adaptation to risks and threats caused by destructive impact of production and climate change

The  paper  investigates  the  influence  of  agricultural  production  and  weather  conditions  on  the  components  of  the  joint 
ecological and economic resource. 
A  lasting  tendency  of  increasing  the  destructive  impact  of  agriculture  production  on  the  environment  has  been  defined. 
Humus and nutrients reserves decrease, soil acidification and salting takes place along with their degradation. 
Violation of crop rotation due to growing some preferred commercial crops, narrowing the specialization and concentration 
of agriculture land farms extention, forming the structure of supply and demand without considering losses of natural resources 
and expected environmental risks, lack of legislation and market incentives for efficient use of natural resources and control of 
negative environmental and social impacts at typical for agriculture production. Significant human impacts on the ecosphere is 
also caused by land excessive tillage (53.9 % of the land fund of Ukraine) as well as changing climatic conditions, characterized 
by the increase of average daily temperatures, decreased precipitation and results in lower crop yields and animals productivity. 
We believe the adaptive measures system based on internationally recognized «climate-smart agriculture (CSA) Concept, 
which is a new approach to farming, whereby existing agricultural systems are adapted to be more sustainable, more productive 
and more responsive to local environmental conditions (including land, weather and climate) must be developed to prevent and 
eliminate destructive influence of agricultural production and weather conditions on all the components of the joint ecological 
and economic resource the agriculture has faced.  

CSA promotes: sustainably and reliably increasing agricultural productivity and farm incomes; resilience and adaptation to the 
effects of climate change; and, where it is appropriate, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and concentrations. It does this by equipping 
farmers  to  better  use  and  manage  natural  resources  and  adopt  more  efficient  methods  of  producing,  processing  and  marketing 
agricultural  goods.  CSA  requires  an  integrated  approach  that  responds  to  the  specific  vulnerabilities  of  farming  communities. 
Coordination across all agricultural sectors - crops, livestock, forestry and fisheries  as well as energy and water is required. 
Along with it, under the lack of the budget at the current stage of our country development, the environmental liability of all 
economic entities, natural resources users and polluters must be significantly increased on the legislative level. 
Farmers  can expect  to  receive  budget  support  on  any  state  program  provided they  follow  the  rules  and  requirements  of 
sustainable farming. 
Keywords:  soil  degradation,  humus,  erosion,  climate  change  risks,  «climate-smart  agriculture»,  optimization,  land 
reclamation.  

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