Results of the International Scientific Conference "Optimization of Land Plots as a Main Component of Their Efficient Use: Scientific Achievements of the NAAS over 100 Years of Activity and Future Prospects"

On October 10, 2018, the National Scientific Center "Institute of Agriculture of the NAAS" hosted the International Scientific Conference "Optimization of Land as a Main Component of Their Efficient Use – Scientific Achievements over 100 Years of Activity of the NAAS and Prospects for the Future".

Yaroslav M. Gadzalo, President of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine and Academician, addressed the conference participants with a welcoming speech.

The conference work was conducted along the following thematic areas:

• conservation and efficient use of agricultural landscapes;
• restoration of soil fertility;
• modern farming systems and crop cultivation technologies;
• innovations in the fields of agriculture and crop production.

The conference participants analyzed scientific achievements in the context of the 100-year activity of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine and outlined problematic aspects of land use taking into account current social, political, economic, energy, and environmental realities. The issues of optimizing the structure of agricultural landscapes, theoretical forecasting of basic soil properties and restoration of their fertility, and rational fertilization of agricultural crops were considered. Ways to stabilize land use were proposed, and priority areas for the development of the agrarian sector to ensure the country's food security were identified.