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

Table 6

Soil pH level under farmers’ soil types and on fields owned by farmers with different wealth statuses.

Soil type	pH	Wealth	pH
Arrada Bita	6.45a (261)	Poor’s_ field	6.25a (143)
Talla Bita	6.24b (94)	Medium_ field	6.11b (423)
Kereta Bita	6.17bc (27)	Rich_ field	6.06b (161)
Lada Bita	5.97cd (149)	value	0.0268
Gobo Bita	5.89de (118)	CV (%)	10.5
Chere Bita	5.76ef (48)
Zo’o Bita	5.60f (92)
value	0.0006
CV (%)	9.2		10.5

‘Bita’ literally means soil. Numbers in parenthesis indicate the sample size. Note: numbers in the bracket refer to sample size.  < 0.001. Means in a column followed by the same letters are not significantly different at 5% level of significance; CV = coefficient of variation.