title: METHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO THE ASSESSMENT OF THE ECOLOGICAL STATE OF THESOIL
abstract: The article substantiates the methodological approaches used to assess the ecological state of one of the most vulnerable natural objects under intensive economic activity - the soil, which is constantly under physical and chemical (technogenic) loads and unbalanced farming systems. An analysis of the state of the problem showed that a few decades ago, the average content of humus in soils was 4,2%, today it is only 3,2%. The main reasons for the loss of humus are its mineralization, the lack of
journal: Izvestiya of Kabardino-Balkarian State Agrarian University named after V M Kokov