The social consequences of population displacement in Ukraine: the risks of marginalization and social exclusion

Soon after de facto annexation of the Crimean Peninsula by the Russian Federation in February-March 2018, the Donbas was plunged into a brutal – albeit undeclared or ‘hybrid’ – war that pitted Russia and its proxy military forces against Ukraine. In total, between 14 April 2014 and 15 November 2017, the UN recorded 35,081 war-related casualties, including 10,303 people killed and 24,778 injured. Today, there are 1 491 528 internally displaced people or 1 217 071 families, most of them from war-torn territories (Ministry for Social Policy 23 March 2018). Over 80% of the IDPs have found temporary residence in just ve Ukrainian regions: the government-controlled districts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts (42% and 13% respectively), the neighbouring Kharkiv and Zaporizhia oblasts (10.9% and 7.4% respectively), and Kyiv (8%). Of the remaining Donbas inhabitants, two to three million currently reside in non-government controlled areas, with another 600,000 being caught in the so-called ‘grey zone’, living within 5km either side of the 457km frontline

Sotsialni naslidky vymushenoi migratsii v Ukraini: ryzyky marginalizatsii ta sotsialnoi ekskliuzii [in Ukrainian]

A policy brief based on an interdisciplinary study of social consequences of forced population displacement in Ukraine (2016-2018) [In Ukrainian

CHARACTERISTICS OF ECOLOGICAL SOCIAL WORK

The article describes the ecological social work. The main stages of formation and development of ecological social work are determined. The basic conceptual bases of ecology of social work are characterized.</jats:p

The social consequences of population displacement in Ukraine: the risks of marginalization and social exclusion

Soon after de facto annexation of the Crimean Peninsula by the Russian Federation in February-March 2018, the Donbas was plunged into a brutal – albeit undeclared or ‘hybrid’ – war that pitted Russia and its proxy military forces against Ukraine. In total, between 14 April 2014 and 15 November 2017, the UN recorded 35,081 war-related casualties, including 10,303 people killed and 24,778 injured. Today, there are 1 491 528 internally displaced people or 1 217 071 families, most of them from war-torn territories (Ministry for Social Policy 23 March 2018). Over 80% of the IDPs have found temporary residence in just ve Ukrainian regions: the government-controlled districts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts (42% and 13% respectively), the neighbouring Kharkiv and Zaporizhia oblasts (10.9% and 7.4% respectively), and Kyiv (8%). Of the remaining Donbas inhabitants, two to three million currently reside in non-government controlled areas, with another 600,000 being caught in the so-called ‘grey zone’, living within 5km either side of the 457km frontline. </p

Sotsialni naslidky vymushenoi migratsii v Ukraini: ryzyky marginalizatsii ta sotsialnoi ekskliuzii [in Ukrainian]

A policy brief based on an interdisciplinary study of social consequences of forced population displacement in Ukraine (2016-2018) [In Ukrainian

The effects of seeding rate and row spacing on the photosynthetic activity of soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.)

With an advent of early-maturing soybean varieties that have weaker ability to branch, there is a need to study the increase in seeding rates with different combinations of row spacing, in order to determine the effects of narrowing the area of plant nutrition on photosynthetic plant activity. This is the purpose of our research. The multifactorial experiment was performed by splitting sites in four replications. The research has demonstrated that the Baika variety sown with a row spacing of 15 cm and a seeding rate of 1.2 million pcs./ha - 40.5 ths. m2/ha was close to the optimal leaf surface. The Annushka soybean plants were inferior to variety Baika in this regard, with the difference up to 6.0 ths. m2/ha, due to differences in the leaf structure of the soybean varieties. The weather conditions have been found to play the dominant role; namely, a strong direct correlation was found between the amount of precipitation and the photosynthetic productivity of plants. For the Annushka variety, it was in the range of r = 0.714… 0.843, and for the Baika variety, r = 0.899… 0.947. Thus, using different combinations of seed sowing rate and row spacing, it is possible to adjust the photosynthetic productivity of soybean plants and, as a result, to provide better conditions for their development and higher yields

Crop capacity and quality of soybean grain depending on seed sowing rate and width of inter-rows.

The aim of the conducted research was to substantiate the elements of soybean growing technology, which would ensure high crop capacity and grain quality. On row crops of ultra-early-maturing soybean cultivar Annushka and early-ripening cultivar Bajka, the highest crop grain capacity in the experiment ‒ 1.85 and 2.18 t/ha was obtained at the rate of seed sowing ‒ 1.2 and 1.0 million items/ha, correspondingly. On variants with inter-rows of 45 cm, the highest crop grain capacity of these cultivars ‒1.59 and 1.84 t /ha ‒ was obtained at the sowing rates of 1.1 and 0.9 million items/ha, accordingly, and with 70 cm inter-rows - under sowing 1,0 and 0.9 million items/ha ‒ 1.27 and 1.35 t/ha. The protein content in Annushka soybean grain was by 1.0–1.1 % higher than in Bajka cultivar. Thickening of crops by increasing the seeding sowing rate and expanding inter-rows width led to the increase in protein content in grain. The highest protein harvest on the average over the years – 764 kg/ha was observed on crops of soybean cultivar Bajka under the combination of seed sowing rate of 1.0 million items/ha with the width of inter-rows of 15 cm. On Annushka crops the largest protein harvest – 679 kg/ha was received under the same inter-row width, but at seed sowing rates of 1.2 million items/ha. On variants with 45 cm of inter-rows width, the largest soybean protein harvest of Bajka and Annushka cultivars ‒ 647 and 585 kg/ha was observed under the seeding rates of 0.9 and 1.1 million items/ha, correspondingly. The oil content in grain of both soybean cultivars decreased with increasing sowing rate and expansion of inter-rows. The soybean cultivar Bajka had a higher oil content in grain in the context of all combinations of inter-rows width with seed sowing rate. On the average by the years, seed sowing rates and variants of inter-rows width, the oil content of Baika soybean grain was by 2.7 % higher than that one of Annushka. The largest oil harvest from 1 ha of both soybean cultivars under all sowing rates was provided by seed sowing with 15 cm inter-rows width. The oil harvesting from 1 ha on variants, with inter-rows width of 15, 45 and 70 cm averaged 334, 286 and 217 kg/ha, correspondingly. As for the oil harvest from 1 ha among the studied cultivars, the cultivar Bajka prevailed

Crop capacity and quality of soybean grain depending on seed sowing rate and width of inter-rows.

The aim of the conducted research was to substantiate the elements of soybean growing technology, which would ensure high crop capacity and grain quality. On row crops of ultra-early-maturing soybean cultivar Annushka and early-ripening cultivar Bajka, the highest crop grain capacity in the experiment ‒ 1.85 and 2.18 t/ha was obtained at the rate of seed sowing ‒ 1.2 and 1.0 million items/ha, correspondingly. On variants with inter-rows of 45 cm, the highest crop grain capacity of these cultivars ‒1.59 and 1.84 t /ha ‒ was obtained at the sowing rates of 1.1 and 0.9 million items/ha, accordingly, and with 70 cm inter-rows - under sowing 1,0 and 0.9 million items/ha ‒ 1.27 and 1.35 t/ha. The protein content in Annushka soybean grain was by 1.0–1.1 % higher than in Bajka cultivar. Thickening of crops by increasing the seeding sowing rate and expanding inter-rows width led to the increase in protein content in grain. The highest protein harvest on the average over the years – 764 kg/ha was observed on crops of soybean cultivar Bajka under the combination of seed sowing rate of 1.0 million items/ha with the width of inter-rows of 15 cm. On Annushka crops the largest protein harvest – 679 kg/ha was received under the same inter-row width, but at seed sowing rates of 1.2 million items/ha. On variants with 45 cm of inter-rows width, the largest soybean protein harvest of Bajka and Annushka cultivars ‒ 647 and 585 kg/ha was observed under the seeding rates of 0.9 and 1.1 million items/ha, correspondingly. The oil content in grain of both soybean cultivars decreased with increasing sowing rate and expansion of inter-rows. The soybean cultivar Bajka had a higher oil content in grain in the context of all combinations of inter-rows width with seed sowing rate. On the average by the years, seed sowing rates and variants of inter-rows width, the oil content of Baika soybean grain was by 2.7 % higher than that one of Annushka. The largest oil harvest from 1 ha of both soybean cultivars under all sowing rates was provided by seed sowing with 15 cm inter-rows width. The oil harvesting from 1 ha on variants, with inter-rows width of 15, 45 and 70 cm averaged 334, 286 and 217 kg/ha, correspondingly. As for the oil harvest from 1 ha among the studied cultivars, the cultivar Bajka prevailed