International Symposium «Soil Health. Key indicators and evaluation criteria»

The staff of the Department of Soil Science named after Professor V.I.Tulpanov held an International Symposium on the actual and actively developing direction of agriculture "Soil Health." The event was held jointly with scientists from the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy.

The event was opened by the dean of the faculties of agrobiology and land resources, ecology and landscape architecture, professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences Alexander Esaulko. He made a welcoming speech to the participants of the symposium, and noted the experience of successful joint work of scientists of our universities and the prospects for further cooperation. Alexander Esaulko noted that the issues of rational use of soil resources and the introduction of precision farming technologies into agriculture are of great scientific and practical importance, in connection with which they are implemented under the "Priority 2030" grant.

Olga Pisetskaya, Dean of Land Management Faculty of the Belarusian State Agricultural Academy, Ph.D., Associate Professor, spoke on behalf of our foreign partners. Addressing the participants of the event, she noted the significant successes of our scientists in the field of symposium topics.

Head of the Department of Geodesy and Photogrammetry, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Associate Professor Tamara Myslyva made a report on "Precision Agriculture in the Republic of Belarus: Problems and Prospects for Development in the Context of the National Agricultural System." She spoke about the problems and prospects for the introduction of a precision farming system in the Republic of Belarus, and shared her experience in conducting research on the effectiveness of using this system in the conditions of the BSAA training farms.

The main speaker on the planned topic of the event was the head of the Department of Soil Science named after Professor V.I. Tulpanov, Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor Valery Tskhovrebov. He provided information on the parameters of soil health and functioning as a living and dynamic ecosystem. Valery Tskhovrebov spoke about possible negative processes taking place in soils, actively and irrationally used in agriculture.

The event was also attended by the head of the department of land management and cadastre, doctor of geographical sciences, associate professor Alexander Loshakov and deputy dean for scientific work, candidate of agricultural sciences Timur Aisanov, as well as students, undergraduates and graduate students of the faculty.

Conducting such events contributes to the acquisition of new knowledge and experience by students, as well as strengthening the scientific cooperation of our scientists with strategic partners.

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