Deparment of Irrigated Agriculture and Agroecosystem Decarbonization

Head of the Department

Lyudmyla Mykolayivna Hranovska, Ph.D. (Doctor) in Economics, Professor, Corresponding Member of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, Honored Scientist and Technician of Ukraine.

e-mail: G_Ludmila15@ukr.net

The department activities:

• Development of management methods for irrigated agro-landscapes in the context of creating climate-optimized systems for natural resource management, land and water resource management.
• Conducting research on the development of modern climate-oriented intensive, resource-efficient, organic agro-production systems, and innovative cultivation technologies for agricultural crops on irrigated lands in the face of climate change.
• Implementation of scientific developments in the field of climate-oriented agriculture in various soil and climate zones of Ukraine.
• Normative and legal support for the implementation of state policies in the agricultural sector of Ukraine in the areas of climate-oriented agriculture and combating the negative effects of climate change and desertification.
• Determination of priority areas in climate-oriented agriculture.
• Establishment of mechanisms for regulating and reducing greenhouse gas emissions and carbon sequestration in crop production using different agricultural systems on irrigated lands and the adoption of low-carbon agricultural cultivation technologies.
• Development of agricultural systems using climate-oriented agrotechnologies to create sustainable agroecosystems under irrigation.
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The department achievements:

• Developed optimal water and nutrient regime parameters for irrigated soils under different primary tillage systems and specific weight of grain and industrial crops in short crop rotations.
• Established patterns of changes in the physical and mechanical properties of soils when optimizing soil tillage systems, fertilization, and water regimes for ecologically safe functioning of agroecosystems on irrigated lands in modern conditions of agricultural land use, taking into account regional climate changes.
• Developed intensive farming systems for agricultural enterprises of various specializations operating on irrigated lands.
• Developed a system of agromeliorative measures to reduce the negative impact of irrigation water quality on the productivity formation of new high-yielding maize hybrids of different FAO groups in the intensive type in the South Steppe of Ukraine.
• Developed resource-saving, soil-protective, and biologically optimal irrigation regimes for dark chestnut soils depending on the ecological and meliorative state of the soils, quality of irrigation water, biological characteristics of agricultural crops, weather conditions, and economic factors of agricultural enterprises and farms.

The department provides the following services:

• Scientific support for the effective use of irrigation equipment, irrigation methods, and the development of irrigation regimes based on agricultural crops and weather conditions. Providing recommendations for the development of primary and pre-sowing soil tillage systems, sowing dates, sowing rates, fertilization systems, and crop protection when growing agricultural crops on irrigated lands.
• Monitoring soil moisture and weather conditions during the vegetation period for the timely adjustment of irrigation regimes (irrigation and watering norms, irrigation schedules), monitoring soil fertility indicators and mineral nutrition elements on irrigated lands, soil tillage systems, plant protection, and fertilization.
• Scientific support for the implementation of intensive farming systems on irrigated lands and the development of measures to improve the hydrogeological and meliorative condition of irrigated agricultural lands.
• Agrochemical assessment of soil fertility indicators on irrigated soils and the development of measures for their improvement.