Agriculture and land use in the North of Russia: Case study of Karelia and Yakutia
Despite harsh climate, agriculture on the northern margins of Russia still remains the backbone of food security. Historically, in both regions studied in this article – the Republic of Karelia and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) – agricultural activities as dairy farming and even cropping were well...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:4aa22486836045dab8d66985bfee4523 2023-05-15T17:00:19+02:00 Agriculture and land use in the North of Russia: Case study of Karelia and Yakutia Naumov Alexey Akimova Varvara Sidorova Daria Topnikov Mikhail 2020-11-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1515/geo-2020-0210 https://doaj.org/article/4aa22486836045dab8d66985bfee4523 EN eng De Gruyter https://doi.org/10.1515/geo-2020-0210 https://doaj.org/toc/2391-5447 2391-5447 doi:10.1515/geo-2020-0210 https://doaj.org/article/4aa22486836045dab8d66985bfee4523 Open Geosciences, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1497-1511 (2020) northern regions land use changes agricultural development agriculture russia karelia yakutia Geology QE1-996.5 article 2020 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1515/geo-2020-0210 2022-12-31T05:56:28Z Despite harsh climate, agriculture on the northern margins of Russia still remains the backbone of food security. Historically, in both regions studied in this article – the Republic of Karelia and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) – agricultural activities as dairy farming and even cropping were well adapted to local conditions including traditional activities such as horse breeding typical for Yakutia. Using three different sources of information – official statistics, expert interviews, and field observations – allowed us to draw a conclusion that there are both similarities and differences in agricultural development and land use of these two studied regions. The differences arise from agro-climate conditions, settlement history, specialization, and spatial pattern of economy. In both regions, farming is concentrated within the areas with most suitable natural conditions. Yet, even there, agricultural land use is shrinking, especially in Karelia. Both regions are prone to being affected by seasonality, but vary in the degree of its influence. Geographical location plays special role, and weaknesses caused by remoteness to some extent become advantage as in Yakutia. Proximity effect is controversial. In Karelia, impact of neighboring Finland is insignificant compared with the nearby second Russian city – Saint Petersburg. Article in Journal/Newspaper karelia* karelia* Republic of Karelia Republic of Sakha Yakutia Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Sakha Open Geosciences 12 1 1497 1511 |
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Despite harsh climate, agriculture on the northern margins of Russia still remains the backbone of food security. Historically, in both regions studied in this article – the Republic of Karelia and the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) – agricultural activities as dairy farming and even cropping were well adapted to local conditions including traditional activities such as horse breeding typical for Yakutia. Using three different sources of information – official statistics, expert interviews, and field observations – allowed us to draw a conclusion that there are both similarities and differences in agricultural development and land use of these two studied regions. The differences arise from agro-climate conditions, settlement history, specialization, and spatial pattern of economy. In both regions, farming is concentrated within the areas with most suitable natural conditions. Yet, even there, agricultural land use is shrinking, especially in Karelia. Both regions are prone to being affected by seasonality, but vary in the degree of its influence. Geographical location plays special role, and weaknesses caused by remoteness to some extent become advantage as in Yakutia. Proximity effect is controversial. In Karelia, impact of neighboring Finland is insignificant compared with the nearby second Russian city – Saint Petersburg. |
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Agriculture and land use in the North of Russia: Case study of Karelia and Yakutia |
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