Land degradation and increasing poverty in rural areas of Serbia
2012
Marčeta, Milica M. (Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade (Serbia)) | Keča, Ljiljаnа (Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade (Serbia)) | Jelić, Sreten (Faculty of Agriculture, Belgrade-Zemun (Serbia))
Land is one of the basic elements of the environment and multi-functional versatile resource, which is particularly threatened by natural processes, and actions of human activities. Although it is difficult to assess the extent of land degradation problems, there is no doubt that people around the world feel the consequences of its effects. Loss of productive land has a direct impact on agriculture in rural communities, primarily in the form of reduced yields and revenues are based on this exercise. Serbia has recorded a significant reduction of arable land, primarily because of damage to land and conversion of the most fertile agricultural land into construction and other non-agricultural purposes. Socially marginalized population groups directly affect the decline in soil quality and reducing the fertile fields. The aim of this article is point to a direct causal link between living standards and population and environmental quality, as well as finding possible solutions in the form of preventive action, and "healing" environmentally degraded areas. As one possible alternative to the revitalization of environmentally damaged areas of Serbia forestation "vulnerable" land and the terrain. The purpose of this study is evaluation of the current state of land in Serbia, and the formulation of possible solutions of action to improve, then revitalized and use of land resources for economic development, primarily in agriculture, where the most pronounced effects of soil degradation. The case of the demographics of rural areas, in terms of population, their share in total population, data regarding the standard of living and the number of households. In addition, it has been analyzed data on the level of land degradation, its prevalence and forms of manifestation in the surveyed areas.
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