Methodology for assessing the sustainability of agricultural production, taking into account its economic efficiency

Abstract The aim of the study is to develop a methodology for assessing the sustainability of agricultural production in the region based on the consideration of factors of two groups: economic and environmental. The task of the research is to develop mathematical tools that allow, based on standard multi-level fuzzy [0,1] - classifiers, to form a comprehensive assessment of the sustainability of agricultural production in the region using a set of heterogeneous ranked indicators. A method was developed that allows: 1) to form a comprehensive assessment of the intensity of agricultural production in the region based on aggregation of indicators of the level of production intensification in agriculture, as well as significant indicators of the level of economic efficiency of production intensification in agriculture for a period of n years; 2) calculate a comprehensive assessment of the impact of agricultural production on the ecology of the region based on the aggregation of indicators reflecting the dynamics of the chemical load on the ecology of the region, soil fertility, the dynamics of emissions of pollutants into the atmosphere for the relevant periods; 3) aggregate the obtained estimates into a comprehensive assessment of the sustainability of agricultural production in the region.