The decoupling estimation effect as an indicator of the efficient use of natural capital in the agrifood in the southern geographical area of the Russian Federation

Department of Environmental Economics and Cadastre, Don State Technical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia

¹ Corresponding author: polyakoww@rambler.ru

Abstract

In the process of studying the issues of ecological and economic interaction, the so-called “decoupling” is increasingly becoming one of the defining concepts. Decoupling implies the elimination of the contradiction between the possibilities of ensuring economic growth and reducing the level of environmental impact. The most significant field of economic activity is an agrifood production. In the scope of reducing the consumption of natural resources, achieving the decoupling effect is fundamentally essential. In this regard, the paper based on the author’s methodological approach assesses the level of resource decoupling in the agrifood in the southern geographical area. Effectively, the obtained calculations propose to show a direct ratio between the level of resource decoupling and the agrifood efficiency at the regional level. The introduction of innovative nature-like technologies describes as one of the most considerable fields in agrifood development, which determines the accomplishment of the decoupling effect. Such technologies allow within the framework of technical systems and used technologies to reproduce the processes that occur in the natural environment.