Study of the Relationship between Abandoned Land and Different Indicators

Abstract

One of the most pressing problems in land management is abandoned agricultural land. Abandoned land in Lithuania is unattended and not used for agricultural activities. These areas degrade the country's landscape and over time overgrow with shrubs or low-value plants. The article analyzes the change of abandoned agricultural land in 2015-2019. State control to reduce abandoned land is discussed. Relations with selected indicators are analyzed. Data visualization was performed with ArcGIS software. However from 2015 to 2019, a constant decrease of abandoned land has occurred. The analysis showed that the majority of abandoned land is found in Vilnius, Utena and Alytus counties. The results of the correlation analysis showed the highest dependence of abandoned lands on the average performance score in counties.