Published in Scientific Papers. Series E. Land Reclamation, Earth Observation & Surveying, Environmental Engineering, Vol. XI
Written by Radu OPREA
Agriculture plays a strategic role in all countries, as it is the main sector responsible for food security of the population, while also making a special contribution to the overall process of sustainable economic development and environmental protection. Land improvement works, in all the states of the world, have a very important contribution in the food supply of the population. Despite the special agricultural potential of the lands in the meadow and terraces of the River Moldova, arranged with surface and subsurface drainage works, the deficient organization of this sector, after 1991, by the increased fragmentation of the agricultural lands, the exploitation on small plots located improperly compared to the network of absorbent channels and drains, the lack of advanced agricultural technologies, led to the practice of a subsistence agriculture, depending on the weather conditions. The modeling of the land inconsistent with the position of the absorbent drains and the network of canals favoured the stagnation of water in ditches and micro-depressions, the prolongation of excess moisture, which led to delays and improper performance of soil works and, implicitly, to low yields.
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