The Effects of Agroforestry on Soil and Water Conservation, Ethiopia

ISBN-13: 9783848429370 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 76 str.

Nebiyou Masebo; Abdu Abdelkadir

Opis

This paper ascertained the effects of biological methods on different soil properties and its overall in-improving environmentally resiliency. It also revealed that the impacts of different year residency of tree/shrub as well as physically structures for soil and water conservation based systems on different soil properties (infiltration, soil organic carbon, moisture content and bulk density) and this investigation showed as the effective soil and water conservation measures ought to be integrated systems where one integrated both the physical and biological practices simultaneously for quality of the land.

O autorze

Studied Agro forestry and Soil Management at Hawassa University, Ethiopia. Lecturer at Mizan_Tepi University, Mizan-Tefre, Ethiopia.