@article{icrisat8966,
            year = {2015},
           title = {Soil Fertility in relation to Landscape Position and Land Use/Cover Types: A Case Study of the Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site},
            note = {The authors appreciate the support from the Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site coordination, FARA, and communities within LK PLS.},
          volume = {2015},
          number = {752936},
           pages = {01--08},
          author = {M M Jackson-Gilbert and T M Moses and K P C Rao and B Musana and F Bernard and B Leblanc and J Mkangya and K Muke and K Rick and K C Luswata and N Josephine and S Esther and N Carol and B Bernard and A Ekaka and S O Nyamwaro and M Josephat and B Robin and F Oluwole and K Katcho and A Adekunle},
       publisher = {Hindawi Publishing Corporation},
         journal = {Advances in Agriculture},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/8966/},
        abstract = {This study determined the change and distribution of land-uses/covers along the landscape, and evaluated the nutrient status of the top soil layer in the Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site (LKPLS) benchmarked micro-catchments. Soil physical and chemical properties were quantified using triplicate soil samples collected from each land-use/cover at two depths (0?15 and 15?30 cm) in three LK PLS Learning Innovation Platform (IP) sites (Bufundi in Uganda, Mupfuni-Shanga in D.R. Congo, Gataraga in Rwanda). Small scale agriculture has increased in all the benchmarked micro-catchments at the expense of other land-uses/covers. In the settlement areas land-use/cover distribution along the landscape varied across sites and countries; the major one being eucalyptus woodlots, wetland, and perennials and annuals crops in Bufundi; annuals and perennials crops in Mupfuni-Shanga; and annuals crops in Gataraga. Perennial crops tended to occur at the footslope and valley bottoms, while the annuals occurred at the upper backslopes and summits. Available P and K were relatively higher and C/N ratio (7.28) was the lowest in Mupfuni Shanga. Annual crops had the lowest available P and N across site (). The key nutrients N, P and K were below the critical values for plant growth for Bufundi.},
        keywords = {Small scale agriculture; Soil Fertility; Land Use; Case Study; Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site; Soil Science}
}