Vulnerability to miscellaneous types of physical degradation of agricultural lands in Southern Iaşi county

Abstract

Agricultural areas in Iaşi County are subjected to complex processes of degradation, caused mainly by natural and antropic factors, which either diminish or extend these processes which cause the diminution of agricultural production, the exclusion of some lands from the economic circuit or their concession by owners. The results of the studies on the evolution of the slope agricultural land surface in the slop of the period 1990-2017 and of the concerns for soil erosion control, in order to maintain soil fertility and of the ecological balance in agroecosystems are presented in this paper. Special emphasis is placed on identifying the possibilities reduce soil erosion in tolerable limits by stimulating landowners interest to comply with anti-erosion protection requirements. I also made references to other factors that have led to the deterioration of the quality of soils such as soils salinization and prone.