Theoretical foundations for assessing the efficiency of reclamation of the eroded chernozem in the Donbass

The authors raise a relevant issue of determining socially necessary labor costs to combat soil erosionin the industrial regions of the country. The article examines the problems associated with assessingthe level of erosion of the main fertile soil layers of the Donbas, as well as the impact of sociallynecessary labor costs on the development of agriculture in the region. The main promising ways of dealing with eroded soils are determined. The theoretical essence of the category "soil" and itssignificance in modern social and economic relations are considered. The authors come to theconclusion that the soil should be considered as a concentration and source of many positiveproperties and effects that society uses in its economic activity, which determines the use value for aneconomic entity. It has been established that there is no methodology for assessing the economicefficiency of chernozem reclamation, which is associated with insufficient knowledge of the theoreticalfoundations of this process and requires clarification. In the process of formulating the results of thestudy, the authors come to the conclusion that the value of restored eroded soils is manifested insocial and environmental significance, and it is also determined by the role assigned to them as anatural basis for the life of society. It is proved that the following indicators as: restored productivity ofchernozem, improvement of the quality of the environment, which is achieved from a unit of reclaimedchernozem can be considered as a result of the reclamation of chernozem. Substantiated proposalshave been made on the organization of the reclamation of chernozem in order to restore fertility to thespecified parameters. We came to the final conclusion about the need for a comprehensiveassessment of the level of productivity of restored chernozem and the need to have data on the levelof productivity and the value of costs not for one type or group, but for the entire complex of cropscultivated in the region under study, comparing these values with production conditions on undisturbedzonal soils at any level of agricultural technology used in the Donbas region.