Ecological Consequences of the Intensification of Agricultural Production and Land and Agrarian Reforms (Based on Materials from the Altai Territory)

Abstract Altai Krai is traditionally classified as a major industrial and agricultural regions of the country. The machine-building complex (production tractors, machinery, wagons, engines, boilers), chemical petrochemical industries (tires, artificial fibers, plastic products, products), food industry (meat, cheese making), light (manufacturing) are quite developed. fabrics, knitwear), mining (mining polymetallic ores, gold, table glauber salts, coal). Agriculture prevails in agriculture Territory. Territory one largest producers grain, milk, meat other products. territorial specialization production region determined by mechanism interaction natural climatic factors, well soil geomorphological features. Among cultivated crops, cereals prevail. Hard strong varieties zoned spring wheat grown most provided warm steppe part territory region. only beyond Ural Mountains where sugar beets grown. oilseeds, lion’s share occupied sunflower, although commodity oilseed flax, mezeum, long rapeseed crops gradually developing.