scholarly journals Previous land use and climate influence differences in soil organic carbon following reforestation of agricultural land with mixed-species plantings

2016 ◽  
Vol 227 ◽  
pp. 61-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacqueline R. England ◽  
Keryn I. Paul ◽  
Shaun C. Cunningham ◽  
Dinesh B. Madhavan ◽  
Thomas G. Baker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Mixed Species

scholarly journals Comparatives Study of Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) under Forest, Cultivated and Barren Land: A Case of Chovar Village, Kathmandu

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-108 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Bhandari ◽  
S Bam
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Forest Soil ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Soil Depth ◽  
Barren Land ◽  
C Stocks ◽  
Soc Stock ◽  
Land Use And Management

The study was carried out in Chovar village of Kritipur Municipality, Kathmandu to compare the soil organic carbon (SOC) of three main land use types namely forest, agricultural and barren land and to show how land use and management are among the most important determinants of SOC stock. Stratified random sampling method was used for collecting soil samples. Walkley and Black method was applied for measuring SOC. Land use and soil depth both affected SOC stock significantly. Forest soil had higher SOC stock (98 t ha-1) as compared to agricultural land with 36.6 t ha-1 and barren land with 83.6 t ha-1. Similarly, the SOC in terms of CO22-1, 79.27 to 22.02 CO2-e ha-1 and 121.11 to 80.74 CO2-1 for 0- 20 cm to 40-60 cm soil depth, respectively. Bulk density (BD) was found less in forest soil compared to other lands at all depths, which showed negative correlation with SOC. The study showed a dire need to increase current soil C stocks which can be achieved through improvements in land use and management practices, particularly through conservation and restoration of degraded forests and soils.   DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/njst.v14i2.10422   Nepal Journal of Science and Technology Vol. 14, No. 2 (2013) 103-108

scholarly journals Land Cover and Land Use Change-Driven Dynamics of Soil Organic Carbon in North-East Slovakian Croplands and Grasslands Between 1970 and 2013

2020 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-173
Author(s):  
Rastislav Skalský ◽  
Štefan Koco ◽  
Gabriela Barančíková ◽  
Zuzana Tarasovičová ◽  
Ján Halas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Temporal Dynamics ◽  
North East ◽  
Soc Stock

AbstractSoil organic carbon (SOC) in agricultural land forms part of the global terrestrial carbon cycle and it affects atmospheric carbon dioxide balance. SOC is sensitive to local agricultural management practices that sum up into regional SOC storage dynamics. Understanding regional carbon emission and sequestration trends is, therefore, important in formulating and implementing climate change adaptation and mitigation policies. In this study, the estimation of SOC stock and regional storage dynamics in the Ondavská Vrchovina region (North-Eastern Slovakia) cropland and grassland topsoil between 1970 and 2013 was performed with the RothC model and gridded spatial data on weather, initial SOC stock and historical land cover and land use changes. Initial SOC stock in the 0.3-m topsoil layer was estimated at 38.4 t ha−1 in 1970. The 2013 simulated value was 49.2 t ha−1, and the 1993–2013 simulated SOC stock values were within the measured data range. The total SOC storage in the study area, cropland and grassland areas, was 4.21 Mt in 1970 and 5.16 Mt in 2013, and this 0.95 Mt net SOC gain was attributed to inter-conversions of cropland and grassland areas between 1970 and 2013, which caused different organic carbon inputs to the soil during the simulation period with a strong effect on SOC stock temporal dynamics.

scholarly journals Influence of Agricultural Land Use on Soil Organic Carbon Fractions in an Arid Ecosystem

Agropedology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Mahajan ◽  
◽  
D. Vasu ◽  
P. Tiwary ◽  
P. Chandran ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Arid Regions ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Carbon Pool ◽  
Organic Carbon Fractions ◽  
The Arid Regions ◽  
Plantation Crops ◽  
Soc Fractions

This study aims to determine the effect of land-use systems on soil organic carbon (SOC) and its fractions in an arid agro-ecosystem (Kachchh District, Gujarat). SOC fractions (very labile, labile, less labile, and non-labile) and pools (active and passive) from six pedons (two each from mango orchards, sorghum, and cotton cultivated fields) were estimated. The results showed that SOC and its fractions, except the labile fraction, were significantly affected by land-use up to 20 cm depth. Further, land use significantly affected the absolute content of active carbon pool at 0-10 and 10-20 cm (p<0.05) depth, whereas the effect was significant at 20-50 cm depth at p<0.1. The higher passive carbon pool under the mango plantations indicates plantation crops’ potential to increase the carbon sequestration in the soils. The soils under sorghum with higher passive carbon pool suggest that high-root density crops can increase the carbon storage in the arid regions.

scholarly journals Land Use Change Affects Soil Organic Carbon: An Indicator of Soil Health

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy W. Ngatia ◽  
Daniel Moriasi ◽  
Johnny M. Grace III ◽  
Riqiang Fu ◽  
Cassel S. Gardner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Ecosystem Services ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Land Use Change ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Soil Health ◽  
Natural Vegetation ◽  
Soil C ◽  
Global Increase

Soil organic carbon (SOC) is a major indicator of soil health. Globally, soil contains approximately 2344 Gt of organic carbon (OC), which is the largest terrestrial pool of OC. Through plant growth, soil health is connected with the health of humans, animals, and ecosystems. Provides ecosystem services which include climate regulation, water supplies and regulation, nutrient cycling, erosion protection and enhancement of biodiversity. Global increase in land use change from natural vegetation to agricultural land has been documented as a result of intensification of agricultural practices in response to an increasing human population. Consequently, these changes have resulted in depletion of SOC stock, thereby negatively affecting agricultural productivity and provision of ecosystem services. This necessitates the need to consider technological options that promote retention of SOC stocks. Options to enhance SOC include; no-tillage/conservation agriculture, irrigation, increasing below-ground inputs, organic amendments, and integrated, and diverse cropping/farming systems. In addition, land use conversion from cropland to its natural vegetation improves soil C stocks, highlighting the importance of increasing agricultural production per unit land instead of expanding agricultural land to natural areas.

scholarly journals Characterization and Classification of Different Rice Growing Soils with Special Emphasis on Soil Organic Carbon Stock in Rajnagar Block of Birbhum District, West Bengal

Agropedology ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shreyasi Gupta Choudhury ◽  
◽  
Tapati Banerjee ◽  
Krishnendu Das ◽  
A.K. Sahoo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Land Use Planning ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Valley Fill ◽  
Birbhum District ◽  
Soc Stock

Characterization and classification of rice growing soils of rainfed region of West Bengal is having an utmost importance for developing optimal agricultural land use planning. In the context of ever increasing food demand under dwindling agricultural land availability, rainfed areas have got the attention for enhancing food grain production for the national food basket. Hence, in the present study, we made an effort to characterize six rice growing soils placed in six different landform situations (plateau top, dissected plateau, plateau fringe, undulating upland, alluvial plains and valley fill) and classify accordingly for resource inventory of Rajnagar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal. Results depicted that, rice is grown mainly in Alfisols and Inceptisols in this block with varying morphological and physico-chemical characteristics. The soils are moderately deep to very deep with sandy loam to clay loam surface texture. Soils of plateau top, dissected plateau, plateau fringe, undulating upland, alluvial plains and valley fill were classified as Typic Haplustalfs, Aeric Endoaqualfs, Typic Haplustalfs, Typic Haplustepts, Aeric Endoaquepts, Typic Haplustalfs, respectively. The double crop rice ecology (rice-mustard) showed significantly (P=0.05) higher surface soil organic carbon (SOC) stock in surface as compared to the other monocrop rice ecologies. Among all the landforms compared, soils of valley fill region had the highest surface SOC stock (14.5 Mg ha-1) followed by plains (10.4 Mg ha-1), plateau fringe (7.7 Mg ha-1), plateau top (8.1 Mg ha-1), dissected plateau (7.2 Mg ha-1) and upland (6.9 Mg ha-1). Significantly (P=0.05) higher total profile SOC stock suggested a better soil health in valley fill and plains as compared to other areas that enhances our understanding about the need of the implementation of carbon management based land use planning for higher future productivity of these soils under environmental sustenance.

scholarly journals Assessment of Soil Quality under Different Agricultural Land Use Systems: A Case Study of the Ibadan Farm Settlement

2020 ◽  
pp. 89-104
Author(s):  
B. O. Adebo ◽  
A. O. Aweto ◽  
K. Ogedengbe
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Agricultural Land Use ◽  
Land Uses ◽  
Native Land ◽  
Land Use Systems

Soil quality in an agroecosytem is considerably influenced by land use and management practices. Twenty two potential soil quality indicators were used to assess the effects of five different land use types (arable land, plantation, agroforestry, marginal land and native forest) on soil quality in Akufo and Atan farm settlements in Ibadan, southwestern Nigeria. A total of sixty-two fields were selected from which soil samples were taken at a depth of 0-15 cm and subjected to laboratory analysis. Majority of the evaluated physicochemical properties varied significantly among the land uses and whereas native land performed relatively better for most of the observed attributes, arable and marginal lands performed worse. Due to the moderate to strong significant correlation among the potential indicators, they were subjected to principal component analysis and only seven indicators were selected to compute the soil quality index (SQI). In both Akufo and Atan, native land had the highest SQI (0.8250 and 0.860 respectively) which was significantly different (P = .05) from all the agricultural land uses, except plantation (0.739 and 0.750 respectively). Whereas marginal field in Atan was most degraded (SQI = 0.455), it was closely followed by arable fields in both locations. This study indicates that the current agricultural land use and soil management practices in Akufo and Atan farm settlements have negatively impacted soil quality; however, the degree of degradation was strongly influenced by the concentration of soil organic carbon in the understudied land use systems. It also emphasizes the need to promote the use of sustainable management practices among agricultural land users, so as to increase soil organic carbon stock, and improve soil quality and land productivity.

RELATIONS BETWEEN SOIL ORGANIC CARBON AND OTHER SOIL PHYSICOCHEMICAL INDICES UNDER DIFFERENT LAND USE PATTERNS

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (03) ◽  
pp. 1750039
Author(s):  
YUEFENG GUO ◽  
WEI QI ◽  
YUNFENG YAO ◽  
FUCANG QIN ◽  
YUHAN GAO ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Secondary Forest ◽  
Microbial Biomass Carbon ◽  
Land Use Patterns ◽  
Total N ◽  
Use Patterns ◽  
Grey Relational

This paper investigates the relations between soil organic carbon (SOC) and other physicochemical indices in low hills of Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, and thus to help with soil modification in low hills there. Grey relational analysis and stepwise regression analysis were used to uncover the relations of SOC with total N (TN), pH, available P (AP), available K (AK), and microbial biomass carbon (MBC) under eight land use patterns in a typical small watershed in Chifeng. The eight land uses were Prunus sibirica land, Caragana microphylla land, Populus simonii land, Ulmus pumila land, natural grassland, Pinus Tableulaeformis [Formula: see text] P. sibirica mixed land, secondary forest of natural bush land, and agricultural land. The average SOC contents in the 0–100[Formula: see text]cm layer in the above eight land use patterns are 7.72, 5.32, 7.40, 6.11, 3.14, 10.26, 17.51 and 5.34[Formula: see text]g/kg, respectively, indicating significant differences. The relation coefficients of SOC with TN, pH, MBC, AK, and AP are 0.70, 0.66, 0.63, 0.57 and 0.55, respectively, under all land use patterns. SOC contents are significantly different among these land use patterns, and the relation coefficients of SOC with other physicochemical indices rank in the order as: [Formula: see text]. The optimum regression equation of SOC ([Formula: see text] with TN ([Formula: see text] and pH ([Formula: see text] was built: [Formula: see text], ([Formula: see text]).

Impact of Farm Management Practices and Agricultural Land Use on Soil Organic Carbon Storage Potential in the Savannah Ecological Zone of Northern Ghana

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 484-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Boakye-Danquah ◽  
◽  
Effah Kwabena Antwi ◽  
Osamu Saito ◽  
Mark Kofi Abekoe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Carbon Storage ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Agricultural Land ◽  
Farm Management ◽  
Northern Ghana ◽  
Storage Potential ◽  
Landscape Level

In recent times, there has been increasing interest in the importance of agricultural soils as global carbon sinks, and the opportunity of enhancing the resilience of degraded agroecosystems – particularly in savannah regions of the world. However, this opportunity is largely a function of land use and/or land management choices, which differ between and within regions. In the present study, we investigated the role of agriculture land use and farm management practices on soil organic carbon (SOC) storage in the savannah regions of northern Ghana. We evaluated selected land use types by using an integrated approach, involving on-farm interviews, community transect walks, land use monitoring, and soil sampling. Our results indicated that, at the landscape level, community land use and resource needs are important determinants of SOC storage in farmlands. We determined low SOC accumulation across the investigated landscape; however, the relatively high SOC stock in protected lands compared with croplands implies the potential for increasing SOC build-up by using recommended management practices. Low incomes, constraints to fertilizer use, low biomass availability, and reductions in fallow periods remain as barriers to SOC buildup. In this context, global soil carbon storage potential and smallholder food production systems will benefit from an ecosystembased adaptation strategy that prioritizes building a portfolio of carbon stores at the landscape level.

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