History

The Research Institute for Pedology and Agrochemistry was established by Government Decision (HCM) 1780/September 2, 1969 (Art. 9), through the reorganization of the Pedology Sector of the Research Institute for Land Reclamation and Pedology, under the name of the Research Institute for Pedology.

By Government Decision (HCM) of the Socialist Republic of Romania (RSR) no. 565/May 6, 1970, the Institute for Pedology Studies and Research was established. By Decree 139 of April 30, 1974 (Art. 4), the Research Institute for Pedology and Agrochemistry was established. Furthermore, by Law 290/May 29, 2002, and Emergency Ordinance no. 78/September 4, 2003, for the amendment and completion of Law no. 290/2002 regarding the organization and functioning of research-development units in the fields of agriculture, forestry, food industry, and the Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences “Gheorghe Ionescu Şişeşti”, the Research-Development Institute for Pedology, Agrochemistry and Environmental Protection in Agriculture was founded, under the coordination of MAPAM.

The Research Institute for Pedology and Agrochemistry was transformed into a national institute by Government Decision (HG) no. 1375/August 26, 2004, regarding the establishment, organization, and functioning of the National Research-Development Institute for Pedology, Agrochemistry and Environmental Protection – ICPA Bucharest (INCDPAPM – ICPA Bucharest). It operates as a Romanian legal entity, under the subordination of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forests and Rural Development and under the scientific coordination of the Academy of Agricultural and Forestry Sciences “Gheorghe Ionescu-Şişeşti”, through the reorganization of the Research Institute for Pedology and Agrochemistry Bucharest, which was dissolved.
By the same Government Decision (HG) no. 1375/2004, the organizational and operational regulations of the National Research-Development Institute for Pedology, Agrochemistry and Environmental Protection – ICPA Bucharest were also approved.

As of April 30, 2013, the National Research-Development Institute for Pedology, Agrochemistry and Environmental Protection – ICPA Bucharest ceased to be subordinated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and came under the coordination of the Ministry of National Education, based on Emergency Ordinance no. 96 of December 22, 2012, regarding the establishment of reorganization measures within the central public administration and for the amendment of certain normative acts, and Government Decision (HG) no. 185 of April 16, 2013, regarding the organization and functioning of the Ministry of National Education (Annex 7 – position 37).