Impact assessment on Ganja-Gazakh cadastral district soils (Azerbaijan)

Agricultural-ecological assessment of soils is important for solving the problem of selecting and placing agricultural plants in accordance with the soil-ecological, climatic and other conditions of each specific area in a broad sense. One of the most important issues is to conduct an in-depth study of the soils of the regions of our republic and environmental expertise in order to improve the culture of farming and the rational use of agricultural land. From this point of view, the assessment of the ecological state of the lands of the Ganja-Gazakh cadastral district based on the study of the current soil-ecological state attracts attention with its relevance. On the territory of the Ganja-Gazakh cadastral region, the soil quality scores of the region were calculated based on a mathematical and statistical analysis of field soil and laboratory studies, including literary and stock soil materials conducted in 2017-2020. Based on the methods of G. Sh. Mamedov, D. S. Bulgakov and S. Z. Mamedova, an ecological assessment of soils in the Ganja-Kazakh cadastral region using special rating scales for the degree of manifestation of individual soil characteristics, and also identified the main limiting factors affecting soil fertility and the productivity of cultivated agricultural plants: climatic conditions, lack of precipitation, heavy granulometric composition and high content of water-soluble salts. The ecological scores of the soils of the study area were calculated, the highest ecological scores were obtained by typical mountain-brown soils.