On December 5, 2022, specialists of the Khmelnytskyi branch of the SI “Derzhgruntokhorona” took part in the international scientific conference “Modern soil science in the programs of training specialists for agricultural production”, dedicated to the World Soil Day, on the basis of IHE (Institution of higher education) “Podilskyi State University” (Department of Agriculture, Soil Science and Plant Protection) . The conference took place within the framework of the festive events of FAO “Soils, where food begins”.
Foreign scientists from Italy, Belgium and Great Britain took part in the event.
Volodymyr Sobko, director of the Khmelnytskyi branch of the SI “Derzhgruntokhorona”, gave a report “The current state of soil fertility of arable land in Khmelnytskyi region”. As he noted, the level of potential and effective soil fertility can be judged by the content of humus in the soil. Restoration of soil fertility and its preservation becomes possible only with comprehensive implementation of soil protection measures, application of organic and mineral fertilizers and chemical meliorants.