Research Article

Extent, Distribution, and Causes of Soil Acidity under Subsistence Farming System and Lime Recommendation: The Case in Wolaita, Southern Ethiopia

Table 1

Descriptive statistics of predicted values of soil properties for maps using geostatistical analysis (point sample = 789).

Soil propertiesUnitMeanSDMinMaxCV (%)

pH_ point observation6.110.634.58.010.4
pH_ after mapping6.130.395.027.286.0
Ex. Al_ point observationCmol (+)/kg9.022.011.419.922.4
Ex. Acidity_ point observationCmol (+)/kg0.320.830.005.12257