ICPA - Standards & Methodologies

Research Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry

ICPA Bucharest

ACTIVITIES

Standards and Methodologies

on Natural Resources and Environment

National soil classification system

(developing, updating and correlating with other international classification, mainly with FAO/UNESCO soil classification, World Reference Base for soil classification and USDA soil taxonomy);

Land evaluation systems

Soil survey methodologies and related national systems of

base soil maps (at 1:10,000; 1:50,000; 1:200,000; 1:500,000 and 1:1,000,000) and

thematic soil maps (for soil erosion, waterlogging, salinity & sodicity, etc.)

Interpretative soil/land classification (evaluation) systems (land capability) for

irrigation,

artificial drainage,

erosion control,

soil tillage,

agricultural and horticultural land use (for orchards and vineyards),

soil vulnerability to chemical and physical contaminants,

soil vulnerability to drought stress and to acidification.

Ecological soil classification systems

Soil agrochemical testing systems

Standards for soil/plant analysis (chemical and physical)

Standards for pollution limits (thresholds).

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