The Development of Soil Science in Lazio

This chapter deals with the history of Soil Science in Lazio, a Region that still enjoys an uncommon centrality of action, thanks to the presence on its territory of Government Institutions such as the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry (MISAF), the Ministry of the Environment, the Territory and the Protection of the Sea (MATTM), the headquarters of FAO, prestigious Universities and Research Institutions, important Organizations and trade Associations, which over time have created a network of activities related to soil science and agriculture at national and international level. For all the above listed institutions the main research activities in soil science are reported, as well as those activities developed in sites of cultural value, such as the Estate of the Presidency of the Republic in Castelporziano (Rome) in Tuscia University experimental field and in the CREA experimental farms.