MONITORING AGRICULTURAL LANDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF MAKING MANAGEMENT DECISIONS REGARDING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AND PRODUCERS
The state and directions of agricultural land use in the Bashmakovsky district of the Penza region are analyzed. Inactive livestock and abandoned land were identified. Ways of solving the indicated problems are proposed, namely, the introduction of fallow lands into agricultural circulation with the preliminary cultural work to restore them, as well as the reconstruction and creation of cattle complexes for meat and dairy directions to increase the level of food supply in the region.