Degradation of soils in the steppe agrolandscapes of Middle Siberia
https://doi.org/10.32634/0869-8155-2025-396-07-114-121
Abstract
The research was carried out in order to analyze the influence of anthropogenic factors on soil degradation in the steppe zone in the 20th century and modern conditions.
The analysis of anthropogenic factors in the manifestation of erosion processes was carried out in the foothill steppe soil-geographical region of the Republic of Khakassia, located in the south of Midlle Siberia. The study was conducted based on research materials from the Scientific Research Institute of Agrarian Problems of Khakassia on Eroded Soils, SibNIiPI of Land Management and Land Reclamation, “Rosgiprozem” and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Khakassia. Anthropogenic pressure on steppe ecosystems (large plowed areas, unregulated sheep and goat populations), lack of soil protection technology for the development of virgin and fallow lands led to the destruction of vegetation and soil degradation in the 1960s, and currently these factors are the cause of deflation in the foothill steppe of Midlle Siberia. Protective 4-row forest strips created from squat elm, hanging birch, poplar, located 300–350 m apart, increase the anti-deflationary stability of the steppe agricultural landscape. In modern conditions, the use of an agroforestry anti-erosion complex (protective forest strips, striped placement of crops, resource-saving soil treatment, reduction of arable land) can reduce the burden on steppe agrolandscapes.
Supporting agencies: The research was funded by the Research Institute of Agaric Problems of Khakassia — a branch of the Federal Research Center for Biological Systems and Agrotechnologies of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
About the Authors
Е. Ya. Chebochakov
Research institute of agrarian problems of Khakassia — Branch of the Federal state budgetary scientific institution «Federal research center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian branch of the Russian academy of sciences”»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Egor Yakovlevich Chebochakov, Candidate of Agricultural Sciences, Head of the Agroforestry Group
5 Sadovaya Str., village Zelenoe, Ust-Abakan district, Republic of Khakassia, 655132
A. A. Shpedt
Krasnoyarsk scientific center of the Siberian branch of the Russian academy of sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexander Arturovich Shpedt, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Director
50 Akademgorodok Str., Krasnoyarsk, 660036
M. A. Martynova
Research institute of agrarian problems of Khakassia — Branch of the Federal state budgetary scientific institution «Federal research center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian branch of the Russian academy of sciences”»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Marina Alexandrovna Martynova, Candidate of Biological Sciences, Senior Researcher
5 Sadovaya Str., village Zelenoe, Ust-Abakan district, Republic of Khakassia, 655132
O. A. Ivanov
Research institute of agrarian problems of Khakassia — Branch of the Federal state budgetary scientific institution «Federal research center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian branch of the Russian academy of sciences”»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Oleg Anatolyevich Ivanov, Candidate of Technical Sciences, Director
5 Sadovaya Str., village Zelenoe, Ust-Abakan district, Republic of Khakassia, 655132
A. I. Kapsargin
Khakassian agrochemistry service station
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alexey Iosifovich Kapsargin, Acting Director
25 Khakasskaya Str., Abakan, 655017
V. N. Murtaev
Research institute of agrarian problems of Khakassia — Branch of the Federal state budgetary scientific institution «Federal research center “Krasnoyarsk Science Center of the Siberian branch of the Russian academy of sciences”»
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Valery Nikolaevich Murtaev, Junior Researcher
5 Sadovaya Str., village Zelenoe, Ust-Abakan district, Republic of Khakassia, 655132
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Chebochakov Е.Ya., Shpedt A.A., Martynova M.A., Ivanov O.A., Kapsargin A.I., Murtaev V.N. Degradation of soils in the steppe agrolandscapes of Middle Siberia. Agrarian science. 2025;(7):114-121. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32634/0869-8155-2025-396-07-114-121
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