Significance of pedological statistical data for prognosis of soil quality status of Moldova

Abstract

The paper presents statistical databases and their importance for soil science. Rational use of land is possible only through knowledge, inventory and systematic records of soil resources in terms of quantity and quality on farms and administrative territories based on a set of statistical information. The main database of information system for soil quality are statistical data on: state land characteristic factors of pedogenesis and soil cover, soil degradation through erosion, land quality fund of improvement, agrochemical indices of soil, etc. Information system consists of statistical databases will serve the citizens right of access to information concerning the quality of the soil cover, promoting prevention and control of degradation processes, soil damage and pollution caused by natural phenomena and anthropogenic. Statistics on quantitative and qualitative parameters of soil are significant in the forecast evolution of the soil cover, long term maintenance of agricultural and forestry production capacity of soils, land quality performance monitoring.