Infiltration Studies of Soils in Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma

ISBN-13: 9786137342091 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 52 str.

Lucky Agbogun; A. S. Umweni

Opis

Infiltration studies of some soils in a four mapping unit 30 hectare parcel of land at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma were conducted using a double ring infiltrometer. The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the infiltration properties of the various types of soils in the 30 hectare parcel of land at Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma in terms of equilibrium infiltration rate, cumulative infiltration and cost per mapping unit. The results showed that the equilibrium infiltration rate ranged from 12.9cm/hr to 31.25cm/hr; the cumulative infiltration ranged from 129.4cm to 334.3cm; while the cost per mapping unit run was between #6,250 and #15,000.The obvious implication is that gravity irrigation practice cannot be done in any of the mapping units of the 30 hectares. In the event of contemplating any irrigation practice, other options like the sprinkler or drip would have to be exploited. This is in agreement with the guidelines for irrigation practice by FAO (1983).

O autorze

Lucky Agbogun was born on January 27, 1986 at Igarra. He obtained his First School Leaving Certificate in 1997. He also obtained his SSCE in 2003, B.Agric {Soil Science}, 2010 in AAU, Ekpoma and proceeded to UNIBEN where he obtained M.sc {Soil Science}, 2014 and currently doing his P.hD programme in UNIBEN. Lucky is happily married with a son.