Natural and Anthropogenic Determinants of Productivity, Emission Intensity and Environmental Efficiency of Central Asian Countries Against a Worldwide Background
Shayakhmetova A. Il D. Belgibayeva A. Sadowski A. Genstwa-Namysł N. Zmyślona J. Timurbekova A. Kaliyeva A. Arynova S. Chidunchi I. Bayazitova K. Tumenova G. Sagatbayev Y. Pashkov S.
March 2025Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Agriculture (Switzerland)
2025#15Issue 5
The study is devoted to determining the factors affecting the volume of agricultural production, the ability to meet the food needs of populations, as well as the environmental efficiency of production, defined as the ratio of the number of kilocalories produced by the agricultural sector to the amount of greenhouse gasses it emits. Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan) were chosen as an example. They are characterized by similar natural conditions (mainly dry, continental climate, and the dominant role of permanent grassland in agricultural land use), as well as a common economic history (as former republics of the USSR). As shown in this study, land productivity and environmental efficiency of production depend on natural factors, while the actual ability to meet each nation’s food needs depends on human activity, including primary measures taken to improve environmental efficiency within natural limits.
Central Asia , environmental costs of agricultural production , environmental efficiency , greenhouse gas emissions , natural and anthropogenic determinants of agricultural production
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Agrotechnological Faculty, M. Kozybayev, North Kazakhstan University, Petropavlovsk, 150000, Kazakhstan
Department of Food Security, M. Kozybayev North Kazakhstan University, Petropavlovsk, 150000, Kazakhstan
Department of Business and Services, Sh. Ualikhanov Kokshetau University, Kokshetau, 020000, Kazakhstan
Faculty of Economics, Department of Economics and Economic Policy in Agribusiness, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Poznan, 60-637, Poland
Department of Food Technology and Safety, Kazakh National Agrarian Research University, Almaty, 05000, Kazakhstan
Department of Biology and Ecology, Toraighyrov University, Pavlodar, 140008, Kazakhstan
Higher School of Natural Sciences, Astana International University, Astana, 010000, Kazakhstan
Faculty of Natural Sciences, L. N. Gumilyev, Eurasian National University, Astana, 010008, Kazakhstan
Department of Geography and Ecology, M. Kozybayev North Kazakhstan University, Petropavlovsk, 150000, Kazakhstan
Agrotechnological Faculty
Department of Food Security
Department of Business and Services
Faculty of Economics
Department of Food Technology and Safety
Department of Biology and Ecology
Higher School of Natural Sciences
Faculty of Natural Sciences
Department of Geography and Ecology
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