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creators_name: Jackson-Gilbert, M M
creators_name: Moses, T M
creators_name: Rao, K P C
creators_name: Musana, B
creators_name: Bernard, F
creators_name: Leblanc, B
creators_name: Mkangya, J
creators_name: Muke, K
creators_name: Rick, K
creators_name: Luswata, K C
creators_name: Josephine, N
creators_name: Esther, S
creators_name: Carol, N
creators_name: Bernard, B
creators_name: Ekaka, A
creators_name: Nyamwaro, S O
creators_name: Josephat, M
creators_name: Robin, B
creators_name: Oluwole, F
creators_name: Katcho, K
creators_name: Adekunle, A
icrisatcreators_name: Rao, K P C
affiliation: College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Makerere University (Kampala)
affiliation: ICRISAT (Addis Ababa)
affiliation: Rwanda Agricultural Board (RAB) (Kigali)
affiliation: National Agricultural Research Organization (NARO) (Mukono)
affiliation: DIOBASS (Goma)
affiliation: NARO, Kabale Zonal Agricultural Research and Development Institute (KAZARDI) (Kabale)
affiliation: ICRAF (Kampala)
affiliation: Universite Evangelique en Afrique (Bukavu)
affiliation: CIAT Uganda (Kampala)
affiliation: CIAT Kenya (Nairobi)
affiliation: FARA (Accra)
country: Uganda
country: Ethiopia
country: Rwanda
country: Congo
country: Kenya
country: Ghana
title: Soil Fertility in relation to Landscape Position and Land Use/Cover Types: A Case Study of the Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.11
divisions: D5
crps: crp1.1
full_text_status: public
keywords: Small scale agriculture; Soil Fertility; Land Use; Case Study; Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site; Soil Science
note: The authors appreciate the support from the Lake Kivu Pilot Learning Site coordination, FARA, and communities within LK PLS.
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.
date: 2015
date_type: published
publication: Advances in Agriculture
volume: 2015
number: 752936
publisher: Hindawi Publishing Corporation
pagerange: 01-08
refereed: TRUE
issn: 2356-654X
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/752936
related_url_url: https://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?as_ylo=2015&q=Soil+Fertility+in+relation+to+Landscape+Position+and+Land+Use/Cover+Types:+A+Case+Study+of+the+Lake+Kivu+Pilot+Learning+Site&hl=en&as_sdt=0,5
related_url_type: pub
citation:   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     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/8966/1/752936.pdf