ABSTRACT
The status of agricultural enterprises in Russia was reviewed in terms of their environmental performance and proposals were prepared to improve the environmental compliance of agricultural production. The pilot area was the Leningrad Region. At the first stage, a scientific and expert analysis of the ecological status of livestock enterprises in the Leningrad Region was performed. For this purpose, questionnaires were elaborated and circulated to collect the initial data; the field trips were organized for the surveys of individual enterprises, and the satellite images of agricultural territories of the Leningrad Region were studied. This way, the environmental information was collected, the analysis of which allowed identification of the possible risks of the negative environmental impact from agricultural enterprises in the Leningrad Region. The following closely linked actions may contribute to reducing the risks of negative environmental impact from agricultural enterprises: development and control over the fulfilment of recommendations on the introduction of the on-farm environmental monitoring and control system over the production processes; development of recommendations on the introduction of the regional system for monitoring and coordination of organic and mineral fertilizers' production and application; creation of a demonstration site at the pilot farm with modern and BAT complying technological solutions of organic waste management.
