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It is generally accepted that organic agriculture as a production system is aimed at the health of soils, ecosystems and people. Such land use and management combines experience, innovation and science to improve the environment, ensure a high standard of living and achieve the goal of sustainable development. It should be recognized that there are different approaches to the future of organic farming among scientists and practitioners. Some experts say that in modern economic and demographic conditions, organic a...

In the last few years, the climate change has become more and more apparent. In this time the Central European region has experienced disruption of the precipitation layout, serious storms, heatwaves and droughts. Primarily the droughts have let people feel the need for stable and predictable environment. This problem has usually been addressed as a global effort to reduce the production of greenhouse gases, omitting the option of adjusting the environment on much smaller scale. For mitigating the effects of globa...

Assessment of soil erosion risk has a great importance for management of land use, allowing decision factors from administration, agriculture management etc. to choose and recommend properly land use according to the sustainable development strategies. This study aims to assess the soil erosion rate in a region with small catchments (Icusesti, Glodeni, Rapa?), located in the west of the Central Moldavian Plateau, a region whose geomorphological characteristics have been shaped under the influence of monoclinal geo...