Areas of interest and activity of CROSTRO (HDPOT) is based on the basic guidelines ISTRO's, taking into account regional specifics.
CROSTRO (HDPOT) defined the following areas of interest and action:

• Soil tillage,
• Physics, chemistry and biology of soil
• Soil fertility and plant nutrition
• Sustainable management of soil / land
• Soil degradation
• Soil and water management
• Precision agriculture
• Agricultural machinery
• Agroecology
• Agroclimatology
• Agrometeorology