Land use change is one of the most important factors influencing soil properties, and evaluating how land use changes affect soil characteristics is crucial for addressing the issue of sustainable land productivity. ...
Low phosphorus availability is a significant constraint in the calcareous soils of Ethiopia,
particularly in the farmlands of the Metehara Sugar Estate. This limitation arises due to
the reaction between calcium from ...
Gully erosion is a significant form of land degradation in the Ethiopian Highlands, which adversely affects agricultural productivity and environmental stability. The extent of gully erosion was calculated by multiplying ...
il erosion in the Shutaz Watershed, located in NorthWest Ethiopia, poses a serious
challenge due to unsustainable soil management practices. This has led to the depletion of soil
fertility and a decline in agricultural ...
In Ethiopia, local communities extensively utilize a diverse range of multi-purpose tree and
shrub species for fuelwood, fodder, construction materials, medicinal uses, and soil conservation.
Despite their importance, ...
Eeglela (Balanites aegyptiaca(L.) Del is the most common indigenous tree species in Metema
district which has been used as fodder, charcoal, fuelwood and found in the form of scattered
trees in farmlands. However, the ...
For accurate estimation of soil organic carbon (SOC), storage and SOC turnover, assessment
of soil organic carbon quality is important. However, most of the carbon researches in
Ethiopia focus only on the actual SOC ...
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) accounts for about 9% of the global population threatened by
food and nutritional insecurity. This threat is partly due to poor soil fertility and low crop
diversification. The nitrogen reserves ...
Low soil fertility problems, particularly nitrogen depletion is one of the main
problems observed for lower barley production in the highlands of Ethiopia. The field
experiment was conducted at Beyeda district in the ...
Insemi arid areas ofNortheastern Ethiopia,sorghum productivity is highly constrained bymoisture stress and low soil fertility due to continuouscereal croppingand low levels of soilnutrients.Efforts togrowsorghumwith inorganic ...
Use of emerging technologies and developed models are now replacing the highly expensive,
unsafe, time consuming and the outdated wet chemistry method of analyzing soils. In relation
to this, pedotransfer functions (PTFs) ...
The local communities residing in Timble watershed Fagita Lekuma district are actively
engaged in expanding Acacia decurrens plantation on different land use types, primarily for
charcoal production and ...
Indigenous trees are known to improve soil fertility; their specific effects on soil
physicochemical properties remain unquantified in the Baskura watershed. This study
evaluated the effects of indigenous trees (Acacia ...
Most of Ethiopian highlands are affected by severe top soil loss caused by soil erosion which
in turn resulted in the deterioration of soil properties. To reverse the situation, soil and water
conservation measures were ...
The economy of Ethiopia is based on agriculture; however Ethiopia's agriculture is plagued
by periodic drought, soil degradation, caused by overgrazing, deforestation, and high
population density. Soils in the highlands ...
Poor soil fertility status due to erosion, intensive farming and leaching of nutrients are the
main contributers of food insecurity in Ethiopia. In this specific study, an attempt was made
to quantify nutrient balance ...
Changes of forests to other land uses are one of the most concerns in environmental
degradation and world climate change. The study was conducted in Tejibara watershed to
assess the effect of different land use types and ...