Large-scale soil mapping in Bulgaria and disadvantages of its practical use

Ivaylo Kirilov, Emil Dimitrov, Zornitsa Mitreva

Abstract: Bulgarian soil science has over 100 years of history. Soils throughout the country are large-scale mapped. At the same time, the country has a very good parametric system for Land Evaluation. Until the end of the 80s, in the conditions of unified centrally managed agriculture, the assessment of the agro-ecological potential of the lands did not encounter problems. From 1990 to 2000, with the advent of new political and socio-economic relations, Bulgarian agricultural land was fragmented into millions of small properties. The results of the appraisal of vast territories turned out to be largely unsuitable for small plots of agricultural land. This study makes a critical analysis of the differences in land qualities determined by the same Land Evaluation system in M 1:25,000 and M 1:1. The relevant conclusions, conclusions and recommendations are made.

Keywords: land evaluation; large-scale soil mapping

Citation: Kirilov, I., Dimitrov, E., & Mitreva, Z. (2024). Large-scale soil mapping in Bulgaria and disadvantages of its practical use. Bulgarian Journal of Soil Science Agrochemisty and Ecology, 58(4), 35 - 42 (Bg).

DOI: https://doi.org/10.61308/HBQI6048

Date published: 2024-12-19