The publication of this Handbook was supported by the Russian Federation

S.A. Balyuk, M.A. Zakharova and M.E. Lazebnaya (Ukraine)
The main sources of  information on the current condition of  irrigated soils in Ukraine include 
the following: 1) large-scale soil assessment data, 2) land registry ('land cadastre'), 3) data from the 
agrochemical records ('passporting') of  agricultural lands, 4) agro-ecological monitoring data, 5) 
research data of  scientific and educational institutions and 6) data of  the national environmental 
monitoring system. All these information sources on the soil cover within the irrigated areas in 
Ukraine are described below in more detail.
1)