Regional Law No. 92-Z “On ensuring fertility of agricultural land”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Nizhni Novgorod Document type Legislation Date 2016 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 ten days after 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. Full text Russian Website 7law.info