OPTIMIZATION OF LAND MANAGEMENT ON THE BASIS OF THE ASSESSMENT OF NATURAL
AND RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCTIVE LANDS 

Nosov Sergey Ivanovich, doctor of economical sciences, professor, sub-department of project management and programs, Russian University of Economics named after G. V. Plekhanov (36 Stremyanny lane, Moscow, Russia), leading researcher, Federal Scientific Center for Agrarian Economy and Social Development of Rural Areas – All-Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Economics
(35 Khoroshevskoe highway, Moscow, Russia), E-mail: nsi1960@mail.ru
Bondarev Boris Evgen'evich, candidate of agricultural sciences, associate professor, Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (6 Miklukho-Maklaya street, Moscow, Russia), leading researcher, Federal Scientific Center for Agrarian Economy and Social Development of Rural Areas – All-Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Economics (35 Khoroshevskoe highway, Moscow, Russia), E-mail: zocenka@mail.ru
Ginzburg Mikhail Evgen'evich, candidate of biologycal sciences, general director, LLC "Giprozem-ekologiya" (15 Semenovsky lane, Moscow, Russia), E-mail: giprozemecologia@yandex.ru 

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Background. In work the problem of rational land use and ways to optimize the use of productive land based on the assessment of natural and resource potential, the study of which is based on sustainable ecological and economic criteria for assessing the quality-classification of productive land for their suitability for use in agriculture.
Мethods. As an indicator of land quality assessment, it is proposed to use the grain equivalent, taking into account soil and climatic features of the territory, the optimal range of crops for the zone, the level of normative crop yield and natural grass stand, as well as
standard costs for cultivation and harvesting of crops, for maintaining soil fertility.
Results. Based on the considered criteria and indicators of natural resource potential assessment, two types of land use were compared: agricultural production and suburban construction.
Conclusions. The proposed method allows to obtain weight values of the level of rational land use in the considered types of land use and to select the optimal option. 

productive lands, soils, optimization of land use, assessment of the natural resource potential of lands, land classes, agricultural production, country building