International Conference on Soil

The International Conference on Soil will be held inside the campus of the Agricultural University of Tirana.

The main topics of the conference are :

• Soil ecosystem goods and services in support of human needs;
• Interaction between natural ecosystem components (land, water, biodiversity) and socio-economic indicators affecting soil quality;
• Impacts of human mismanagement on soil resources and examples of best management practices in reducing soil degradation effects;
• Promotion and enhancement of crop production systems that support sustainable soil management and increase productivity;
• Valorisation of indigenous knowledge in ecosystem based soil management;
• Harmonised rural development, tourism sector expansion, environmental protection and soil management;
• Identification of major threats of soil resources at various levels;
• Livestock production and its impacts on both soil and water quality;
• Forestry, agro-forestry, renewable energies and their relations to soil quality.