Abstract
Privatisation of land in Moldova, in 1992, created conditions ripe for soil erosion – and other problems in agricultural management. Systematic survey of soil erosion, completed in 2008, assessed more than 36 % of farmland as eroded in some degree, with substantial consequences for crop yields, water resources and the environment. The social and economic conditions that have favoured erosion in recent times have not been attended to, and there is pressing need for a national soil monitoring process and program for soil conservation and improvement.
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Kuharuk, E., Crivova, O. (2014). The State of Soil Erosion in the Republic of Moldova and the Need for Monitoring. In: Dent, D. (eds) Soil as World Heritage. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-6187-2_3
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