The soil and environment -- Chernozem: soil of the steppe- The quality of Moldovan soils: issues and solutions -- The state of soil erosion in the Republic of Moldova and the need for monitoring -- Chernozem under different land uses in long-term field experiments -- Essential mass and structure of soil microorganisms in the black earth -- Effects of long-term fertility management on the soil nematode community and cyst nematode Heteroera schachtii population in experimental sugar beet fields -- Biochemical parameters of arable chernozem in long-term field experiments -- Energy status of soil agro-ecosystems -- Heavy metals in the anthropogenic cycle of elements -- Effects of long-term application of fertilizers on the trace element content of soils -- Potassium in Brown forest soils -- Pure and applied agro-physics -- Evolution of chernozem in the complex section at Storozheve, Ukraine -- Climate-change and its impact on soil productivity in Moldova -- Differences between two multi-scalar indices of drought in intensively farmed regions of the Czech Republic -- Soil fertility: lessons from long-term field experiments -- The continuing value of long-term field experiments: insights for achieving food security and environment -- Long-term field experiments with fertilizers in Romania: their relevance to sustainable agriculture -- The beginnings of long-term field experiments on crop rotations at Balti -- 05 years of field experiments with crop rotations and continuous cultures at the Selectia Research Institute for Field Crops -- Long-term field experiments as a foundation for conserving and enhancing soil fertility -- Productivity and fertility of the Balti chernozem under crop rotation with different systems of fertilization -- Long-term field experiment with irrigation on the Balti chernozem -- Quality of soil organic matter under crop rotations and continuous cultures -- Soil organic matter and soil microbial biomass in the Balti long-term experiments -- Total and labile organic matter in Typical chernozem under crop rotation, continuous cropping, perennial crops and fertilization -- Primary soil tillage in rotations of the main field crops in Moldova -- Humus dynamics and efficiency of crop rotations on Calcareous and Common chernozem -- Soil conservation capability of crops and crop rotations: data from long-term studies in Belarus -- Crop yield and quality depending on fertilization in crop rotation on Sod-Podzolic soil -- Potassium effects on wheat yield and quality in long-term experiments on Luvisol in Romania -- Effect of systematic mineral fertilization on available potassium in Pellic Vertisol -- Different ways of doing things -- Towards sustainable, self-supporting agriculture: biological nitrogen factories as a key for future cropping systems -- Legumes as an alternative source of nitrogen for modern agriculture -- Resource-conserving agriculture: under-sowing and mixed crops as stepping stones towards a solution -- Rationale for humus conservation in arable soils in Moldova -- Phyto-amelioration of degraded chernozem -- Phyto-technology for remediation of chernozem in the south of Moldova -- Organic manuring to restore the fertility of eroded soils -- Structural indices of Typical chernozem under various methods of tillage -- Direct and residual effects of phosphate-enhanced organic fertilizers on soil fertility and crop production -- Worm compost to improve soil fertility -- Efficiency of grass strips and sodded waterways -- Sown and natural grassland for soil protection and productivity in the forest-steppe of Ukraine -- Perennial grasses creating soil structure and raising fertility -- Ecological agriculture to mitigate soil fatigue -- Mitigation of western corn rootworm )Diabrotica virgifera virgifera Le Conte( by maize varietal selection -- Soil policy and communications to decision makers -- Abating climate change and feeding the World through soil carbon sequestration -- Business case for Green Water Credits -- European Commission's policy initiatives towards European and global soil protection -- Scientific evidence on the contribution of crop rotation to more sustainable agriculture -- Recommendations of the symposium