Land use Change and Slope Positions affect Soil Organic Carbon
Wycliffe Tumwesigye
Broschiertes Buch

Land use Change and Slope Positions affect Soil Organic Carbon

Kitabi Watershed, South Rwanda

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Changing land use and slope positions have a considerable influence on soil organic carbon (SOC) and soil fertility. We investigated soil organic carbon stocks in annual crops, community tea and factory tea along three slope positions:up slope, middle slope and down slope. It was found that soil organic carbon stocks are higher in factory tea, followed by community tea and lastly annual crops. The differences in SOC stocks were attributed to different management practices across the land use types such as use of fertilizers. Converting land use from annual crops to tea plantations resulted int...