SOILS OF MOLDOVA IN DIFFERENT HISTORICAL PERIODS AND POSSIBILITIES TO RESTORE THEIR QUALITY STATUS

The paper aimed to present the historical evolution of quality status of Moldovan soils. Chernozems in Moldova consists about 80% of the total arable land. Food security, environment and health status of the population depends on soil quality. In the last 3-4 decades overexploitation of soil resources led to intensification of land degradation. More than half of agricultural land is affected by erosion, compaction, landslides. Estimates show that in different historical periods, soil resources were affected by various natural disasters, both natural and anthropogenic degradation processes. Anthropogenic degradation of soils manifested in Moldova currently requires to development and implementation the processes and technologies to stop and improve their quality status.