5th Eurasian sub-regional Soil Partnership - Plenary meeting. 30 Sep - 1 Oct 2019, Chișinău, Moldova

1. Eurasian Soil Partnership
on the Pillar 2
2018-2019
Chisinau
30 september
1 october, 2019
Pillar Two Working group
Secretariat of the EASP
Elena Sukhacheva

2. The Eurasian Soil Portal
is working а http://eurasian-soil-portal.info
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3. Regional INRM/SLM programs and projects to support of EASP RIP
implementation
The World Bank - supported ECFS project on Taking Stock of Human
Capital in Soil Science for Central Asia and the South Caucasus (2018)
Objective: to assess the status of human capital in soil science within Central Asian
and the South Caucasus that are essential for the delivery of soil health in support
of productive and profitable agriculture as one of the pillars of social stability and
food security.
The project aims: to carry out soil research and knowledge sharing activities for
building capacities and improve understanding of how human capital in soil science
systems respond to soil degradation, changes in management and climate, and
development of a set of recommendations to highlight future soils education,
research and dissemination.
https://ecfs.msu.ru/images/publications/CA_SC_report_WEB.pdf
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4. • The aim of the Project is that management of soil resources under
agricultural infrastructure services and strengthening of related
information system infrastructure
• Under the Project a National Soil Management Action Plan has been being
prepared
• In addition, under establishment of national soil information system, a
national action plan has been being prepared to increase coordination
with related institutions in the Ministry and to provide data flow.
“Strengthening Agricultural Infrastructure Services with the Context of
Global Soil Partnership” Project under FAO-Turkey Partnership Programme
(March 2018).
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5. Some events in Ukraine
One of the main objectives of IRNM project is the establishment of a Land
Degradation Neutrality (LDN) monitoring system.
In 2018 had finished the establishment of the Coordination Council for
Combating Land Degradation and Desertification via Decree of Ukrainian
Government.
From 2018 Global Environment Facility (GEF) and FAO started large soil
project “Integrated Natural Resources Management in Degraded Landscapes
in the Forest-Steppe and Steppe Zones of Ukraine” (IRNM).
In 2019 at the initiative of
the FAO/GEF project in
Ukraine, the process of
forming the Ukrainian Soil
Partnership has launched.
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6. This program is aimed at strengthening the groups of primary agricultural
production, the effective involvement of groups in the development of the
market of high-quality products
Program of the Agriculture and rural communities of the European
neighborhood development is being implemented (Armenia)
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7. 10th International Soil Congress
“Environment and Soil Resources Conservation”
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International scientific and practical conferences

8. Seminar of School of Conservative Agriculture at the Experimental Station of the
Institute of Pedology, Agrochemistry and Soil Protection "Nicolae Dimo",
Ivancea, September 28, 2018
"Rational management of soil and water
resources in the context of the country's food
security“, Chisinau, May 17, 2018
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9. «Increasing of soil fertility and application of fertilizers» took place in the Institute
of Soil Science and Agrochemistry (Minsk, 14th of February, 2019)
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«Land management, geodesy and cadastre:
past – present – future» took place at the
Land Management Faculty of the
Belarusian State Agricultural Academy
(Mogilev region, 25-27 September, 2019)
«Soils and land resources: current state, problems of rational use,
geoinformation mapping» took place at the Feculty of Geography and
Geoinformatics of the Belarusian State University
(Minsk, 20-23 September, 2018)

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National Scientific Center «Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry
Research named after O.N. Sokolovsky» Ukraine (NSC ISSAR) provided the
International Scientific practical workshop for farmers: "Kharkiv Field Day:
Potential and Methods of No-burn Agricultural Practices» (March, 2019).
Workshop was organizing in cooperation with International Cryosphere
Climate Initiative (ICCI, Stockholm, Sweden) with the participation of five
American expert-consultants from ICCI, USDA, Kansas State University,
Columbia University, University of Maryland.
«Climate, soil fertility,
agricultural technologies»
Field Day , 10 -12 July,
Leningrad region

11. The Second International Scientific Conference
"The Modern State of Chernozems“
24-28 September, 2018, Rostov-on-Don,
Southern Federal University
«Humic substances in the biosphere“
4-8 December, 2018, Moscow
Moscow State University
"Waste, the causes of its formation and
prospects for use“
26 - 27 March, Krasnodar
Kuban State Agrarian University
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«Soil reclamation for sustainable development of agriculture»
26 - 27 February, 2019, Kirov
Vyatka state agricultural academy

12. IV International Scientific Conference «Modern state, problems and
prospects for the development of agrarian science»
9-13 September, 2019, Simferopol
Crimean Agricultural Research Institute
“Adaptive-landscape farming: challenges of the 21st century”
took place in All-Russian Research Institute of Arable Farming
and Soil Erosion Control
Kursk, 12-14 September, 2018
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“Fundamental concepts of soil physics: development,
modern applications and prospects”
27-31 May, 2019, Moscow
Moscow State University

13. International schools and conferences
for young scientists
“Soil science and global challenges of our time: climate change,
problems of geo- and biomedicine, forensic soil examination”
took place in Southern Federal University
Rostov-on-Don, 24-28 September, 2018
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«Market economy today and tomorrow»
took place in the Belarusian State Agrarian
Technical University
(Minsk, 28 February -1 March, 2019)

14. «Soil-ecological processes in natural and man-
made landscapes of Siberia and the Far East»
25 - 27 April, 2018, Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk State Agrarian University
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«Evaluation Methods of the biological activity
of humic products» took place at the faculty of
soil science of the Moscow State University
4-8 December, 2018

15. William’s Readings “Genetic and agronomic soil assessment”
5 – 6 December, 2018, Moscow
Russian State Agrarian University - Moscow Timiryazev
Agricultural Academy
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“XXII Dokuchaev Conference” «Soil as the System
of Functional Connections in Nature»
25 February – 2 March, 2019, Saint-Petersburg
XXI Dokuchaev’s readings 2018
Soil Science as Bridge between Sciences

16. Advertising materials
(books, brochures, posters, calendars, cartoons) were prepared
promoting the knowledge of soil
• The book Sustainable Management of Soil Resources in the Eurasian
Region is under preparation
• The textbook on SLM for higher education programs in the agrarian
universities is under preparation (in cooperation with ICARDA)
• Four Small Research Projects on Soil Salinity will published in Eurasian Soil
Science Journal (2019)
• NSC ISSAR in collaboration with GSP Secretariat has prepared the official
translation into Ukrainian language the “Voluntary Guidelines for
Sustainable Soil Management”(VGSSM). Ukrainian edition of VGSSM will be
published under financial support of NSC ISSAR and IRNM FAO/GEF Project and
will be posted in the public domain on the Internet. NSC ISSAR is going to continue
such activity on translation into Ukrainian of general FAO/GSP soil documents.
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17. Сalendars
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18. Exhibition
«Soil science is chemical science»
2019 is proclaimed by the UN General Assembly as the International Year of the
Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
5000 people took part the exhibition during the Action «Night of museums» on 20th
May, 2019
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19. Сompetition
of ecological poster «As you sow, so you shall reap»
Results of the All-Russian Internet Poster Competition were announced
on 15th March, 2019
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20. Celebration of the World Soil Day in Turkey
Ministry stuff and NGO representatives
attend this celebration,
In this meeting, importance of soil
was emphasized once again.
World Soil Day
(5th of December, 2018)
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21. Celebration of the World Soil Day in St. Petersburg, 5-6 December, 2018
Парад почв по Аллее ученых МГУ
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22. Thank you for your attention!
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