The publication of this Handbook was supported by the Russian Federation

Romashchenko, Mikhail Ivanovich – Doctor of  Technical Sciences, Professor, Academician 
of  the Ukrainian Academy of  Agrarian Sciences (UAAS), Institute of  Water Problems and Land 
Reclamation (Kiev, Ukraine), specialist in the field of  irrigated land amelioration, ecological and 
ameliorative assessment and monitoring, planning irrigation regimes (rates and timing) and micro-
irrigation technologies. E-mail: iwpim. [e-mail]
Rozloga, Yuri Grigorievich - Doctor of  Biological Sciences, Institute of  Pedology, 
Agrochemistry and Soil Protection named after N.A. Dimo (Chisinau, Moldova), specialist in the 
field of  geographic information systems (GIS), digital soil mapping, digital elevation models, soil 
genesis, soil degradation and amelioration. E-mail: [e-mail]