Regional Law No. 725-KZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Krasnodar Document type Legislation Date 2004 (2020) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Land & soil Keyword Agricultural land Soil conservation/soil improvement Soil pollution/quality Financing Pesticides Fertilizers/nutrients Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes This Regional Law enters into force on the date of its official publication. Abstract The scope of this Regional Law shall be to ensure fertility of agricultural land by owners, landlords, land tenants and leaseholders. The main arrangements for ensuring soil fertility shall be: (a) elaboration and realization of regional programs; (b) soil, agrochemical, phytosanitary, ecological and toxicological inspection; (c) investments in soil conservation and reproduction; and (d) improvement of soil quality and fertility. Owners, tenants and leaseholders of agricultural land must: (a) prevent soil pollution, littering and degradation; (b) carry out agricultural production by methods ensuring reproduction of soil fertility and preventing negative environmental impact; (c) inform authorized institutions of soil pollution and degradation of agricultural land; and (d) not apply ecologically hazardous fertilizers, ameliorators and pesticides.State regulation of agricultural land productivity shall be intended development and approval of rules and regulations in the field of agricultural land fertility. Possessors, owners, users, including tenants, of land plots are obliged to perform agricultural production with profitability not lower than the average margin of profitability for each type of product for the previous year by methods ensuring preservation and reproduction of the fertility of agricultural land, also precluding or limiting adverse impacts such activities on the environment, including the prevention of post-harvest residue incineration. Full text Russian Website pravo.gov.ru References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 3501-KZ amending Regional Law No. 725-KZ “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2016 Keyword: Agricultural land, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Crops/grasses, Vegetables/legumes Source: FAO, FAOLEX