Modern climatic resources of the farming post-virgin land regions in Ural and West Siberia and their agricultural assessment

Abstract

Abstract Modern climatic resources of model regions (Orenburg oblast and Altai Krai) were identified and their agricultural assessment was made to explain scientifically development and implementation of approaches of rational environmental management to agricultural use of farming lands in the post-virgin land regions of Ural and West Siberia. Open access special data on climatic research have served as a source of meteorological information. Commonly accepted methods of the statistical analysis were used to process digital content. It was ascertained that under a total aridity within the studied regions their modern climatic resources had a line of special features. Altai Krai is characterized by more favorable conditions for spring crops vegetation due to predominant precipitation during the summer months and less favorable conditions for winter crops, especially against the background of cooling during the winter months. In Orenburg oblast, increasing aridity of the summer months may prevent complete actualization of productive potential of spring crops and formation of full-grown shoots of winter crops. Introduction of nature-similar technologies in landscape-adaptive systems of agriculture was considered as the principal way to use effectively climatic resources.