DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE AND ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITY IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
Authors: Tolkachenko O. V. 
Published: April 2024

The article examines the issue of ensuring environmental security in the agricultural sector, expresses an opinion about the spread of greening in various sectors of the economy, and proves that the greening of agricultural activities should be considered as management of nature use, which is aimed at the rational use of natural resources, protection and improvement of the environment, ensuring ecological security and a decent and safe standard of human life.
In view of ensuring environmental security during the implementation of agricultural activities and the development of sustainable agriculture, the Law of Ukraine “On Agricultural Cooperation” is analyzed and it has been found that it does not operate with the concept of “sustainable agriculture”. It is proposed to enshrine this category in the legislation of Ukraine, for example, when developing the Concept of development of sustainable agriculture.
Also, there are no norms in the national legislation that would provide for environmental requirements when using agricultural machinery, obligations of agricultural producers regarding soil protection in the process of using agricultural machinery and equipment. At the same time, the development of mechanization has certain economic advantages: it increases labor productivity, shortens the period of work performance, etc.; introduces new technologies, which improves the culture of agricultural production; is also characterized by the transition to alternative sources, which provides an opportunity to positively influence the processes connected to the climate change.
The article states that an important point in ensuring environmental security in the implementation of agricultural activities is the introduction of the latest technologies, and first of all, the use of biotechnology. The opinion is expressed that by accumulating research in social, natural and other sciences, the use of these technologies will have a positive effect on the production of agricultural products, taking into account environmental risks and risks to human life and health.
Another important task of ensuring environmental security during the implementation of agricultural activities is the handling of waste from the agro- industrial complex. In the process of their activity, environmental pollution occurs, which is associated with the concentration of a large number of animals in the limited territories, which, in turn, affects human health and living conditions, the quality of soils, surface and underground water, atmospheric air, etc.
It is worth noting that the introduction and development of sustainable agriculture in Ukraine requires the introduction of a mechanism for environmental policy integrating into the stat’s agrarian policy. At the same time, it can be seen that the agro-ecological policy is a statement of the state, enterprise, organization about its not only intentions and principles related to agricultural performance, but also the declaration of certain environmentally safe actions that, without reducing performance, ensure the sustainable development of agriculture.
At the same time, agro-ecological policy should be considered as a complex, integral system of legal, managerial, organizational, social, economic and financial means, with further detailed regulation in the Concept of development of sustainable agriculture.