The Soil Science Society of Poland (SSSP) ( pl, Polskie Towarzystwo Gleboznawcze), is a scientific and professional

society A society is a Social group, group of individuals involved in persistent Social relation, social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same Politics, political authority an ...

of Polish soil scientists. The society was founded in 1937 on the initiative of Feliks Terlikowski, Jan Włodek and Tadeusz Mieczyński. The aim of SSSP is to promote and stimulate the development of

soil science Soil science is the study of soil as a natural resource on the surface of the Earth including soil formation, classification and mapping; physical, chemical, biological, and fertility properties of soils; and these properties in relation to ...

pedology Pedology (from Greek: πέδον, ''pedon'', "soil"; and λόγος, ''logos'', "study") is a discipline within soil science which focuses on understanding and characterizing soil formation, evolution, and the theoretical frameworks for modeling ...

agricultural chemistry Agricultural chemistry is the study of chemistry, especially organic chemistry and biochemistry, as they relate to agriculture—agricultural production, the processing of raw products into foods and beverages, and environmental monitoring and ...

and agricultural microbiology in

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is divided into Voivodeships of Poland, sixteen voivodeships and is the fifth most populous member state of the European Union (EU), with over 38 mill ...

and organize the community of Polish soil scientists. in 2017 the society gathers ca. 450 members organized in 14 regional divisions and 4 thematic divisions (1. Soils in Space and Time, 2. Soil Properties and Processes, 3. Soil Use, 4. The Role of Soils in Sustaining Society and the Environment). Soil Science Society of Poland is a member of the

International Union of Soil Sciences The International Union of Soil Sciences (IUSS), founded in 1924 under the name ''International Society of Soil Science'', is a scientific union and member of the International Council for Science (ICSU). The Union has 86 national and regional m ...

(IUSS) and cooperate with

European Geosciences Union The European Geosciences Union (EGU) is a non-profit international union in the fields of Earth, planetary, and space sciences whose vision is to "realise a sustainable and just future for humanity and for the planet." The organisation has headqu ...

(EGU), German Society of Soil Science, Dokuchajev Society of Soil Science,

Lithuanian Society of Soil Science Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Je ...

Ukraine Soil Science Society Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian invas ...

Soil Science Society of America The Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), is the largest soil-specific society in the United States. It was formed in 1936 from the merger of the Soils Section of the American Society of Agronomy and the American Soil Survey Association. The So ...

, Soil Science Society of Turkey and various Polish environmental, scientific organizations. The Society is a publisher of scientific magazine " Soil Science Annual" (former "Roczniki Gleboznawcze", founded in 1950) with articles in english about broadly understood soil sciences. It is also initiator and publisher subsequent editions of

Polish Soil Classification The Polish Soil Classification ( pl, Systematyka gleb Polski) is a soil classification system used to describe, classify and organize the knowledge about soils in Poland. Overview Presented below the 5th edition of Polish Soil Classification wa ...

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* {{authority control Soil and crop science organizations Agricultural organisations based in Poland Professional associations based in Poland Scientific organizations established in 1937