Table 5: Effect of PSWC measures on selected soil properties in highlands of Ethiopia.
SWC Intervention |
Study site |
Land Position |
Bd (g/cm3) |
SOM (%) |
TN (%) |
CEC (cmol/kg) |
Soil property improvement due to SWC (%) |
Reference |
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|
|
|
With SWC |
Without |
With SWC |
Without |
With SWC |
Without |
With SWC |
Without |
Bd |
OM |
TN |
CEC |
|
SFSB |
Wege Alba watershed |
Upper |
- |
- |
13.90 |
11.09 |
0.048 |
0.03 |
25.84 |
22.87 |
- |
25 |
41 |
13 |
Asnake and Elias [29] |
SFSB |
Lole watershed |
Middle |
0.97 |
1.08 |
4.21 |
2.75 |
0.32 |
0.17 |
38.53 |
21.47 |
10 |
53 |
88 |
79 |
Guadie, et al. [27] |
Graded stone bund |
Adaa Berga district |
- |
1.13 |
1.21 |
3.42 |
2.87 |
0.24 |
0.17 |
38.24 |
30.07 |
7 |
19 |
41 |
27 |
Abay, et al. [28] |
Fanya juu |
Goromti Watershed |
- |
1.09 |
1.16 |
3.3 |
3.74 |
0.17 |
0.24 |
31.69
|
32.95 |
6 |
12 |
29.2 |
4 |
Hailu, et al. [111] |
SFSB |
Gondar Zuriya Woreda |
Middle |
1.1 |
1.33 |
4.1 |
3.2 |
0.23 |
0.15 |
- |
- |
17.3 |
28 |
53 |
- |
Hailu [32] |
Stone bund |
Weday Watershed |
|
- |
- |
2.4 |
1.8 |
0.12 |
0.09 |
12.27 |
11.93 |
|
33 |
33 |
3 |
Teressa [112] |
Soil Bund + pigeon pea |
Debre- Yakob Watershed |
Lower |
1.35 |
1.77 |
3.01 |
2.40 |
0.11 |
0.09 |
30.17 |
27.31 |
24 |
25 |
22 |
10 |
Alemayehu and Fisseha [81] |
Soil bund and Manure |
Zikre watershed |
- |
1.14 |
1.3 |
5.88 |
2.63 |
0.3 |
0.13 |
31.01 |
25.02 |
12 |
123 |
130 |
24 |
Selassie, et al. [78] |
Note that SFSB = Stone- Faced Soil Bund.