Land capability evaluation for sustainable economic and anti-erosion agricultural land use and determining the optimal soil protection measures on the territory of four municipalities in Kardzhali district

Diyana Nekova, Vihra Stoinova

Abstract: The study covers agricultural land with an existing way of use – fields, with a predominant monoculture of tobacco and grassland. By analyzing the existing natural and economic conditions, erosion factors and the actual quantities of eroded soil, and assessment of the suitability of agricultural lands for effective anti-erosion use in the municipalities of Ardino, Kirkovoq Djebel and Krumovgrad – Kardzhali district was made. Оptimal soil protection practices are recommended to limit erosion processes and increase soil productivity. Erosions measures are valued according to the amount of compensatory payments determinet by the current European programs.

Keywords: compensatory payments; european programs; land capability evaluation; soil erosion; soil protection measures

Date published: 2021-03-29