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Impacts Of Agricultural Practices On Soil Quality And The Resulting Soil Conservation Implication In Kizanda Village, Lushoto Region, Tanzania, Sarah Maccormick
Impacts Of Agricultural Practices On Soil Quality And The Resulting Soil Conservation Implication In Kizanda Village, Lushoto Region, Tanzania, Sarah Maccormick
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
This study examined soil conservation in Kizanda Village which is in the Lushoto District, Tanga Region in the West Usambara Mountains of Tanzania. In Tanzania, and more specifically, the rural montane area, agriculture is an important part of both social and economic development. Due to a reported high rate of land degradation in Tanzania, this development is threatened though the lack of soil conservation. This study conducted structured interviews with farmers in Kizanda through snowball sampling to collect information about local agricultural practices and farmers’ perceptions on soil conservation issues. Soil samples were then collected from the corresponding farms (n= …
Determining The Efficiency Of Forward-Sloped Bench Terraces On Soil Conservation: The Case Of The Aydın-Bozdoğan-Alamut Terracing Area, Alaetti̇n Taysun, Hali̇l Baki̇ Ünal, Altan Şahi̇n, Hasan Zafer Vurgun
Determining The Efficiency Of Forward-Sloped Bench Terraces On Soil Conservation: The Case Of The Aydın-Bozdoğan-Alamut Terracing Area, Alaetti̇n Taysun, Hali̇l Baki̇ Ünal, Altan Şahi̇n, Hasan Zafer Vurgun
Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
The study was carried out to determine the efficiency of forward-sloped bench terraces on soil conservation in the Aydın- Bozdoğan-Alamut terracing area. For this purpose, the shape specifications, and physical and chemical properties of the soil that belong to the sample terraces in the project area were determined and the factors of K and LS that are needed for calculating soil losses were are found through the Universal Soil Losses Equation. According to the evaluation, especially the determined factors of K and LS were higher for the sample terraces interfered with by farmers and this result shows that the probable …