Characteristics of Soil Parameters of Agricultural Land Use Types, Their Location and Development Forecast

Jozef Vilček, Štefan Koco, Eva Litavcová and Stanislav Torma
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Jozef Vilček: National Agricultural and Food Centre, Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute, 08001 Prešov, Slovakia
Štefan Koco: National Agricultural and Food Centre, Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute, 08001 Prešov, Slovakia
Eva Litavcová: Department of Mathematical Methods and Managerial Informatics, University of Prešov, 08001 Prešov, Slovakia
Stanislav Torma: National Agricultural and Food Centre, Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute, 08001 Prešov, Slovakia

Land, 2020, vol. 9, issue 6, 1-17

Abstract: In this paper we point out the basic soil parameters characterizing current arable land, permanent grassland, vineyards, and orchards in Slovakia. While the area of permanent land use types is more or less stable, there is a noticeable decrease in the area of arable land. In Slovakia, arable land is located mainly on the plain. The value of its production potential is 67 points (the highest quality soil has 100 points). Permanent grassland is found at higher altitudes on slopes, with a higher gravel content, and the value of their production potential is 35 points. Vineyards are predominantly located in the warm regions of southern Slovakia on the middle slopes. These soils are generally loamy, without significant gravel content, and the value of their production potential is 59 points. Most orchards are located on the plains. The soils are predominantly loamy and deep, without significant gravel content, and the value of their production potential is 63 points. Characteristics of agricultural land use types were determined using vector databases of soil parameters obtained from Soil Science and Conservation Research Institute information systems and a current vector layer for identification of agriculturally used soils, the Land Parcel Identification System, using geographic information systems. Moreover, our analysis tries to determine what developments can be expected in the use of four agricultural land use types. The modeling assumptions concern the future performance of these variables using exponential smoothing and Box–Jenkins methodology.

Keywords: agricultural land use type; arable land; permanent grasslands; vineyards; orchards; geographic information system (GIS) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q15 Q2 Q24 Q28 Q5 R14 R52 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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