Department of Geoinformation Technologies and Economic Research

Activities of the Department

Scientific support:

• Evaluation of the economic activities of agricultural enterprises in the irrigation zone based on existing institutional frameworks.
• Scientific justification of directions for improving the institutional model of economic relations in irrigated agriculture.
• Development of scientific and methodological principles for improving the institutional framework for the innovative development of agricultural enterprises engaged in farming on irrigated lands.
• Theoretical and methodological aspects of the formation and implementation of an ecologically balanced model of economic development for the agricultural sector and rural territories in the irrigation zone.
• Justification of measures to improve the hydrogeological and reclamation status of irrigated territories.
• Scientific foundations for the implementation of environmental management and auditing in the water management sector.
• Justification of directions for increasing the economic efficiency of economic activities in the agricultural sector in the irrigation zone.
• Analysis of the current state of agro-industrial production on irrigated and non-irrigated lands and forecasting the magnitude of production costs for the cultivation of major agricultural crops in the southern region of Ukraine.
• Conducting an analysis of the economic activities of agricultural enterprises in the irrigation zone with differentiation based on their organizational and legal forms of management.
• Calculation of normative and actual cost of technologies, determination of the economic efficiency of cultivating major agricultural crops on irrigated lands using innovative irrigation technologies and methods, as well as on non-irrigated lands.

Scientific-methodological and scientific-practical publications on the economic efficiency of irrigation farming and rational land use in irrigated areas include:

• Scientific-practical recommendations for increasing the economic efficiency of agricultural production under irrigation conditions based on innovative approaches.
• Methodology for evaluating the effectiveness of investments in the innovative development of the agricultural sector.
• Database of innovative cultivation technologies for agricultural crops using various irrigation methods.
• Scientific recommendations for the theoretical substantiation of prospective directions for institutional transformations in irrigation farming.
• Scientific-practical recommendations for improving the institutional framework of innovative organizational and legal forms of entrepreneurship in irrigation farming.
• Scientific-methodological recommendations for calculating the economic benefits of cultivating agricultural crops using innovative irrigation technologies and methods.
• Scientific-methodological recommendations for developing an institutional mechanism to ensure the environmental safety of irrigation farming.
• Scientific-methodological recommendations for calculating cost norms for cultivating grains, industrial crops, vegetables, potatoes, and alfalfa using innovative irrigation technologies and methods.

Active research directions:

Developing of the scientific and methodological basis for the application of GIS (Geographic Information System) technologies in the cultivation of agricultural crops using satellite monitoring and yield programming for irrigated and non-irrigated conditions in the steppe zone of Ukraine.

The goal of the research is to develop the scientific and methodological basis for the application of GIS technologies in the cultivation of agricultural crops using satellite monitoring and yield programming for irrigated and non-irrigated conditions in the steppe zone of Ukraine. The implementation of the project will enable the adoption of innovative satellite monitoring methods, ensure the rational use of all types of resources, and contribute to enhancing the competitiveness of the domestic agro-industrial complex in global markets.

The following tasks will be addressed within the project:

• Conduct an analysis and synthesis of long-term experimental data and field research from scientific research institutions in the Steppe Zone of Ukraine, affiliated with the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, for the purpose of utilizing GIS technologies and satellite monitoring to optimize agrotechnologies, improve the productivity of agricultural crops, enhance the quality of plant products, and protect the environment.
• Establish demonstration sites and select objects for satellite monitoring to develop and refine GIS technologies for irrigated and non-irrigated conditions in the steppe zone of Ukraine.
• Form electronic directories of indicators of innovative cultivation technologies for the studied crops under the conditions of global climate change in the natural-climatic conditions of the Southern Steppe zone.

• Create mathematical models of production processes for major agricultural crops using satellite monitoring and GIS technologies.

Scientific justification of directions for increasing the investment attractiveness of irrigated agricultural lands to ensure sustainable development of rural territories in the irrigation zone. The goal of the research is to investigate the current state and direction of the use of irrigated agricultural lands under market land relations and scientifically substantiate the directions for increasing their investment attractiveness to address a range of issues at the state, regional, and agricultural enterprise levels of various organizational and legal forms, in order to ensure sustainable development of rural territories in the irrigation zone. To achieve the set goal, the following tasks need to be solved:

• Determine a methodological approach for conducting research, analyze the legislative and regulatory framework for investment activities, land and market relations in agriculture in the irrigation zone.
• Develop a system of criteria for investment attractiveness of irrigated agricultural lands.
• Analyze the ecological condition and economic efficiency of land resource utilization in the irrigation zone in the context of forming their investment attractiveness.
• Build a model of innovation-investment attractiveness of irrigated agricultural lands.
• Develop a mechanism for economically stimulating the rational use of irrigated agricultural lands and scientifically substantiate the directions for increasing the investment attractiveness of irrigated agricultural lands to ensure sustainable development of rural territories.

Economic justification of using innovative technological solutions in rice cultivation. The objective of this work is to develop proposals for the economic evaluation of technology components and practical recommendations for the utilization of promising solutions in rice cultivation technology for implementation in rice farms in Ukraine. The research involves conducting an economic assessment of the utilization of existing rice cultivation technology in Ukraine and, based on the analysis of global trends in the use of innovative technological solutions, provide an economic justification for the utilization of promising solutions in rice cultivation technology for implementation in rice farms in Ukraine.