GEOECOLOGICAL STATE OF AGRICULTURAL TERRITORIES OF NORTH KAZAKHSTAN REGION

The article considers the current geoecological state of agricultural territories of the North Kazakhstan region and provides an ecological and economic assessment of their use. The region is a classic agricultural region, which is due to the optimal ratio of natural conditions: flat terrain, fertile soils, favorable climatic conditions for growing crops, etc. Agricultural land occupies 85.2% of the region’s area, which creates a significant anthropogenic load on the region’s geo-ecosystems. Studies have shown that agricultural development in the region has led to significant environmental problems, including soil degumification, soil pollution with pesticides, disruption of natural migration of substances in the soil, disturbance of soil structure, degradation of natural vegetation cover, etc. All this leads to degradation of soils, a decrease in their fertility, as well as to a decrease in the area of land suitable for agriculture. Thus, this leads to the fact that the region has the maximum total soil load in Kazakhstan, calculated by a set of indicators - plowing, type of agriculture, yield, crop rotation, etc.

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