The use of information technology in pedology, agrochemistry, and environmental management; information and documentation services in agriculture and environment

ACTIVITIES regarding

Use of Information Technology in Pedology, Agrochemistry, and Environmental Management; Information and Documentation Services in the field of Agriculture and Environment

  • Databases on soil/land resources and the environment (design, implementation, and operation):
    • ˗ Soil profiles (general, morphological, and analytical data – physical and chemical – including groundwater);
    • ˗ Land units (at scales 1:10,000, 1:50,000, 1:1,000,000; soil, relief, hydrology, climate characteristics; land evaluation scores for 24 crops and uses, non-irrigated/irrigated, etc.);
    • ˗ National soil quality monitoring (soil profiles, trans-European regular network 16 km x 16 km and 8 km x 8 km, respectively);
    • ˗ Annual (multi-annual) monitoring of main soil qualities (at national and county level);
    • ˗ Pedogeochemical characteristics of soils (soil profiles);
    • ˗ Environmental standards;
  • Geographic information systems for sustainable management of soil/land and environmental resources; Processing of spatial data, including remote sensing data;
  • Application and development of simulation models (soil processes, plant growth, mass and energy transfer in agricultural systems, etc.);
  • Application and development of numerical terrain models integrated with simulation models;
  • Expert systems and decision support systems for land evaluation and sustainable land management (land use planning, technological recommendations, land sensitivity to water stress, etc.);
  • Computerized systems for evaluating soil physical properties and requirements for soil tillage systems;
  • Computerized systems for optimizing soil/plant fertilization;
  • Computer programs for nutrient balance on an agricultural farm;
  • Computerized systems for characterizing the agrochemical evolution of soils under the influence of different fertilization practices and crop management;
  • Computer-assisted development of technologies for agricultural crops;
  • HNV soils database;
  • Microorganism databases;
  • Information and documentation databases; Provision of information and documentation services in the fields of agriculture, aquaculture, food industry, forestry, and environment; The ICPA Computing Center functions as the Romanian national AGRIS/CARIS Center within the FAO AGRIS/CARIS network.
  • Development of other IT systems and applications regarding soil/land resources and the environment.