Soil Health Management under Hill Agroecosystem of North East India

Table 4

Effect of different land use systems developed under FSRP, Meghalaya on soil properties.

Characteristics	Agroforestry systems
	Natural fallow	Abandoned jhum land	Silvipastoral	Agri-horti-silvipastoral	Silvihorti-culture
pH	4.99 (4.90)	4.76 (5.20)	4.52 (5.10)	4.92 (4.90)	4.91 (4.90)
Organic C (%)	2.94 (1.85)	3.42 (1.90)	2.61 (1.80)	2.97 (1.82)	2.97 (1.80)
Exchangeable Ca [cmol (p^+) kg^−1]	1.96 (1.15)	1.57 (1.16)	1.25 (1.10)	2.11 (1.20)	2.00 (1.20)
Exchangeable Mg [cmol (p^+) kg^−1]	0.55 (1.15)	0.38 (1.16)	0.43 (1.20)	1.45 (1.20)	0.85 (0.60)
Exchangeable Al [cmol (p^+) kg^−1]	0.88	1.30	1.56	0.90	0.90
Available N (ppm)	179.2	251.1	214.5	220.3	210.9
Available P (ppm)	1.9	2.0	2.1	16.6	12.9
Available K (ppm)	175.6	130.8	98.0	162.7	265.0
Available S (ppm)	14.5	14.8	10.4	19.9	12.9

Figures in parentheses indicate the initial values at the start of the project.
Source: [19].