Soil Quality Indicators Response to Land Use and Soil Management Systems in Northern Ethiopia's Catchment

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 438-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gebreyesus Brhane Tesfahunegn
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Soil Management ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Soil Quality Indicators

scholarly journals Selecting soil quality indicators for different soil management systems in the Brazilian Cerrado

2016 ◽  
Vol 51 (9) ◽  
pp. 1643-1651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane Cristina Stefanoski ◽  
Cícero Célio de Figueiredo ◽  
Glenio Guimarães Santos ◽  
Robélio Leandro Marchão
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Soil Depth ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Soil Management ◽  
Biological Indicators ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Soil Quality Indicators ◽  
Physical Chemical

Abstract The objective of this work was to assess soil quality indicators obtained with different datasets to compare soil management systems in the Brazilian Cerrado. Three criteria were used to select soil physical, chemical, and biological indicators: the full set of indicators obtained, with 36 parameters, for which all the physical, chemical, and biological soil properties were determined; a subset of indicators selected by principal component analysis (20 parameters); and a subset of indicators with some frequency of use in the literature (16 parameters). These indicators were obtained from the following management systems: no-tillage, conventional tillage, and native cerrado vegetation. Soil samples were collected at 0.0-0.1-m soil depth, and soil quality indicators were subjected to analysis of variance and their means were compared. The incorporation of soil native cerrado into agriculture decreased soil quality. The most commonly used indicators in the scientific literature are sensitive enough to detect differences in soil quality according to land use. Therefore, the selection of a minimum set of representative data can be more useful than a complex set of properties to compare management systems as to their soil quality.

scholarly journals Sedentary Agriculture and Its Implications on Soil Quality in Agro-pastoral Semi-arid Karamoja, Uganda

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 148
Author(s):  
S. Muwanga ◽  
R. Onwonga ◽  
S. O. Keya ◽  
E. Komutunga
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Soil Fertility ◽  
Data Base ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Soil Depth ◽  
Sustainable Land Use ◽  
Soil Quality Indicators ◽  
Local Soil ◽  
Semi Arid

Uganda Government embarked on promoting sedentary agriculture in Karamoja agro-pastoral semi-arid livelihood zone, which experience rapid environmental and high soil quality (SQ) decline. However, studies on sedentary agriculture’s impact on soil quality using farmer’s knowledge is limited. Consequently, a survey was carried out in Karamoja (Iriiri, Matany Sub-counties of Napak of districts and Rengen sub-county of Kotido) to determine the soil quality indicator parameters based on the farmers knowledge in order to build a local soil knowledge data base to better inform sustainable land use strategies. Using a semi-structured questionnaire, forty indigenous farmers per sub-county, were interviewed between August and September, 2015. The study took into account the social demographic characteristics of the people, farming enterprises, methods of crops production, crops yields trends, causes of the perceived yields trends and soil quality indicators. Prospects of developing Karamoja indigenous knowledge data base lies in visible feature that predict soil quality. Farmers used 36 parameters to determine SQ. The parameters were clustered into five categories; soil, crop, biological, environmental and management each category contributing to 42, 19,14,8 and 17% of the total indicators, respectively. The relationship between age group and the perceived indicators of soil fertility was statistically significant (p-value = 0.045) with the majority stating that they use either soil colour, soil depth or soil texture to express the fertility of soil. The farmer’s soil quality indicators assessed in this study, is important in establishing indigenous-scientific hybrid knowledge data base to enhance soil fertility maintenance and better inform policy makers and other stakeholders on development of sustainable land use strategies.

scholarly journals Soil quality indicators under management systems in a Quilombola community in the Brazilian Cerrado

2019 ◽  
Vol 76 (6) ◽  
pp. 518-526 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Marcos Miranda Silva ◽  
Maria Lucrecia Gerosa Ramos ◽  
Robervone Severina de Melo Pereira do Nascimento ◽  
Alberto do Nascimento Silva ◽  
Stefany Braz Silva ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Brazilian Cerrado ◽  
Soil Quality Indicators

Effects of Land Use Change on Soil Quality Indicators in Forest Landscapes of the Western Amazon

Soil Science ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 182 (4) ◽  
pp. 128-136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Santiago Bonilla-Bedoya ◽  
Magdalena López-Ulloa ◽  
Tom Vanwalleghem ◽  
Miguel Ángel Herrera-Machuca
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Soil Quality Indicators ◽  
Effects Of Land Use

scholarly journals Response of Potential Indicators of Soil Quality to Land-Use and Land-Cover Change under a Mediterranean Climate in the Region of Al-Jabal Al-Akhdar, Libya

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 162
Author(s):  
Jamal Suliman Alawamy ◽  
Siva K. Balasundram ◽  
Ahmad Husni Mohd. Hanif ◽  
Christopher Teh Boon Sung
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Soil Properties ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Rainfed Agriculture ◽  
Soil Quality Indicators ◽  
Al Jabal Al Akhdar ◽  
Effects Of Land Use

Conversion of native lands into agricultural use, coupled with poor land management practices, generally leads to changes in soil properties. Understanding the undesirable effects of land-use and land-cover (LULC) changes on soil properties is essential when planning for sustainable land management. This study was conducted in Al Jabal Al Akhdar region, Libya, to assess the effects of land-use and land-cover changes on soil quality inferred by analyzing the relative changes in 17 chemical, physical, and biological soil properties in the upper layer (0–20 cm) of disturbed and undisturbed soil systems. Soil samples were collected from 180 sampling sites with 60 from each of the three types of LULC prevalent in the study area: natural Mediterranean forests (NMF), rainfed agriculture (RA), and irrigated crops (IC). The soil properties of the two agricultural land uses were compared with soil properties under an adjacent natural forest, which served as a control to assess changes in soil quality resulting from the cultivation of deforested land. The results indicate significant reductions in most soil quality indicators under rainfed agriculture as compared to native forest land. Under irrigated agriculture, there were significant changes (p ≤ 0.05) in most of the soil quality indicators, generally, indicating a significant reduction in soil quality, except for improvement of nitrogen and phosphorus levels due to frequent fertilizer application. Our data support the notion that changes in land use and land cover, in the absence of sustainable management measures, induce deterioration of soil properties and ultimately may lead to land degradation and productivity decline.

The effect of land use on aboveground biomass and soil quality indicators in spontaneous forests and agroforests of eastern Amazonia

2015 ◽  
Vol 90 (6) ◽  
pp. 1009-1023 ◽  
Author(s):  
Márcio Fernandes Alves Leite ◽  
Ronildson Lima Luz ◽  
Karol Henry Mavisoy Muchavisoy ◽  
Marcelo Luís Corrêa Zelarayán ◽  
Ernesto Gomez Cardoso ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Aboveground Biomass ◽  
Soil Quality Indicators

Quantifying sensitive soil quality indicators across contrasting long-term land management systems: Crop rotations and nutrient regimes

2017 ◽  
Vol 248 ◽  
pp. 123-135 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mina Kiani ◽  
Guillermo Hernandez-Ramirez ◽  
Sylvie Quideau ◽  
Elwin Smith ◽  
Henry Janzen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Soil Quality ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Land Management ◽  
Crop Rotations ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Soil Quality Indicators

scholarly journals Using of soil quality indicators to assess their production and ecological functions

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaroslava Janků ◽  
Markéta Kosánová ◽  
Josef Kozák ◽  
Tomáš Herza ◽  
Jan Jehlička ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Quality Indicators ◽  
Average Score ◽  
Soil Quality Indicators ◽  
Ecological Functions ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Soil Production

The project dealt with an evaluation of the soil quality in the Central Bohemian Region in the Czech Republic. The relevant attributes and characteristics were found regarding the soils in this selected area. Based on the data from soil probes, climate characteristics, soil production function and data on the land use, the characteristics, known as soil quality indicators, were selected. Then the soils were sorted into groups which indicated their suitability for the best land use and planning. The characteristics of the soils that contributed the most to the ecosystem services provided by this part of the environment were chosen as the soil quality indicators. In order to find out how the soils are able to provide ecosystem services, two types of approaches were used – the average score and the total amount of points gained. Maps indicating the soil quality were created using the ArcGIS program. At the same time, research on the differences in the quality in two different layers of the soil was carried out. In most cases, there was a decrease in the soil quality with an increasing depth. The results of this project can be used as a basis for a new soil valuation in the Czech Republic.

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