CURRICULUM VITAE

Velychko, Volodymyr Andriyovych

Velychko, Volodymyr Andriyovych

ORCID: 0000-0003-0831-8390


• Doctor of Agricultural Sciences, Professor full member of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine

• Director of the State Publishing House “Agrarna Nauka" of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine

• Chief Research Scientist of the National Scientific Center “Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research named after O.N. Sokolovsky"



Scientific and expert activity


A leading specialist in the fields of soil classification and soil cartography, assessment of the agroresource potential of soils, appraisal status of soils, forecasting the performance of crops under climate change, natural mechanism of protecting soils from erosion.


  • member of the Department of Agriculture, Amelioration, and Mechanization of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine;

  • member of the specialized scientific council at the National Scientific Center “Institute for Soil Science and Agrochemistry Research named after O.N. Sokolovsky" in the fields of Agrosoil Science and Agrophysics (agrarian sciences);

  • co-author of the Database of European soils of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability of the European Commission and the European Hydropedological Data Inventory (EU-HYDI);

  • expert in determining soil quality in terms of fertility with the consideration of yield data of agricultural crops obtained in long-term experiments;

  • developer of the system of quality appraisal of resource possibilities of soils in the plains of Ukraine, using natural potential of soils as well as agropotentials of natural and effective fertility;

  • co-author of the novel maps of Ukraine’s soils, regions, natural zones, and specific areas;

  • expert in regional appraisal of soil resources for various investment projects (using the example of the Kherson region);

  • author of over 200 scientific publications in the fields of soil science, ecology, and agronomy.

Professional Activity


  • Leading scientific editor, dealing with the issues of preparation and publication of “Ukrainian Encyclopedia", “Geographic Encyclopedia of Ukraine", the “Red Book of Ukraine";

  • Director of the State Publishing House “Agrarna Nauka" of the National Academy of Agrarian Sciences of Ukraine, deputy editor-in-chief of the scientific theoretical journal “Visnyk ahrarnoi nauky" and the international journal “Agricultural Science and Practice".

Awards and Honors


  • Laureate of the NAAS prize “For Outstanding Achievements in Agrarian Sciences"

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