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Popularization of soil fertility control among landusers.

Soil testing has been an accepted agricultural management practice for decades. Interpretations and fertility recommendations based on soil analyses and the information obtained with soil samples on cropping systems, tillage practices, soil types, manure use, and other parameters have contributed to the increased efficiency of agricultural production (Sims et al., 2000). In 2003 Institute for soil – Osijek (today as part of Agricultural land agency) in cooperation with Faculty of agriculture Osijek has started project „Soil fertility control on family farms“. Over 10 years it was taken about 17400 of soil samples and cover about 108000 ha of arable land. Project involved arable land with different types of crops (annual and perennial) and farmers with different management of soil cultivation. Main goals of this project was that land users get soil analysis and fertilizations recommendations for low prices, also increase popularization of soil fertility control through soil chemical analysis among land users and establishing the information system of the soil features.

soil fertility control, soil chemical analysis, soil degradation

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