Habtamu Muche

Effect of conservation tillage on soil loss, choke mountain, Ethiopia

Potential of conservation tillage for adoption of soil conservation technologies

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Produktbeschreibung

This study was launched to investigate surface runoff and soil loss as affected by integration of conservation tillage with fanya juus at plot level. Runoff and soil loss were recorded through three tied isolated trenches and pegs which were installed on behind fanya juus. USLE soil erosion model was selected for validation. Result showed that conservation tillage significantly reduced soil loss as compared to traditional ploughed farm plots. Throughout the study period, 1534.0 and 794.8 m3/ha runoff volumes were recorded from traditional and conservation tillage systems, respectively. Thus runoff volumes induced 8.03 and 4.50 t/ha/month soil loss from traditional and conservation tillage systems, respectively. Reduction of runoff volume and soil loss in the conservation tillage system attributed to retarded movement of water in the presence of invisible barriers in each furrow that are laid along the contour. The result of USLE was found to be satisfactory result in both tillagetreatments. The relative difference between measured and estimated soil loss were found to be 38.85 and 2.0 percent in traditional and conservation tillage treatments, respectively on wheat farm plot.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 84
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juli 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 143g
• ISBN-13: 9783659428920
• ISBN-10: 3659428922
• Artikelnr.: 39143156

Autorenporträt

The author joined Bahir Dar University college of Agriculture in 2005,after he got higher Education Entrances Exam Certificate and graduated with Bachelor of Science Degree in Water Resource Management in 2008. He then got his second degree in 2011 in department of integrated Watershed Management. After that he was work at Debre Markos University.