relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/8966/
title: Soil Fertility in relation to Landscape Position and Land Use/Cover Types: A Case Study of the Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site
creator: Jackson-Gilbert, M M
creator: Moses, T M
creator: Rao, K P C
creator: Musana, B
creator: Bernard, F
creator: Leblanc, B
creator: Mkangya, J
creator: Muke, K
creator: Rick, K
creator: Luswata, K C
creator: Josephine, N
creator: Esther, S
creator: Carol, N
creator: Bernard, B
creator: Ekaka, A
creator: Nyamwaro, S O
creator: Josephat, M
creator: Robin, B
creator: Oluwole, F
creator: Katcho, K
creator: Adekunle, A
subject: Soil Science
description: 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.
publisher: Hindawi Publishing Corporation
date: 2015
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/8966/1/752936.pdf
identifier:   Jackson-Gilbert, M M and Moses, T M and Rao, K P C and Musana, B and Bernard, F and Leblanc, B and Mkangya, J and Muke, K and Rick, K and Luswata, K C and Josephine, N and Esther, S and Carol, N and Bernard, B and Ekaka, A and Nyamwaro, S O and Josephat, M and Robin, B and Oluwole, F and Katcho, K and Adekunle, A  (2015) Soil Fertility in relation to Landscape Position and Land Use/Cover Types: A Case Study of the Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site.  Advances in Agriculture, 2015 (752936).  01-08.  ISSN 2356-654X     
relation: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/752936