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Department of Agricultural Research, Amhara Agricultural Research Institute, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia

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• Research Article   
  Effects of Soil and Water Conservation Measures and Soil Depths on Selected Soil Physico-Chemical Properties at Asera Watershed, Northern Ethiopia
  Author(s): Alemtsehay Hagos*, Kehali Jembere and Tesfaye Feyisa
  
  In Ethiopia, agriculture is expanding onto the most erosion sensitive sites. To protect these sites, the government widely implemented Soil and Water Conservation (SWC) measures. However, the effects of these measures on soil physicochemical properties are not well investigated and documented in most watersheds. This study was conducted in Asera watershed, to investigate the effects of soil and water conservation measures on selected soil physicochemical properties along soil depths on adjacent cultivated lands. The experimental design was randomized complete block design. The treatments considered four soil and water conservation measures (Stone-Faced soil bund (SF), soil bund stabilized with Besom Grasses (BG), Soil Bund (SB) and un-Conserved Croplands (C)) and three soil depths (0-15 cm, 16-30 cm and 31-45 cm) in factorial combinations, with three replications... View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2593-9173.23.14.144

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