Effects of Soil and Water Conservation at Different Landscape Positions on Soil Properties and Farmers’ Perception in Hobicheka Sub-Watershed, Southern Ethiopia

Table 2

The mean effects of soil and water conservation and landscape position on selected soil physical properties (Mean ± SE).

SWC measures	Soil physical properties
	Clay (%)	Silt (%)	Sand (%)	BD (g/m^3)	SMC (%)
SBD	54.44 ± 9.5^a	18.44 ± 3.9^a	26.88 ± 7.23^b	1.12 ± 0.08^a	20.73 ± 2.84^a
SBO	37.67 ± 5.24^b	23.97 ± 3.44^a	37.89 ± 6.13^a	1.21 ± 0.65^b	15.78 ± 1.59^b
LSD (0.05)	6.37	3.86	5.65	0.07	1.92
value	0.0001	0.091	0.0009	0.03	0.0001
Relative change (%)	44.52	23.1	−29.1	−7.4	31.4
Landscape position
Upper (≥30%)	40.66 ± 12.3^b	22 ± 6.44^a	37 ± 8.27^a	1.18 ± 1.18	16.55 ± 2.91^a
Middle (15–30%)	45.5 ± 11.1^ab	21.5 ± 3.01^a	32.83 ± 9.17^ab	1.15 ± 1.15	18.31 ± 3.35^ab
Lower (3–15%)	52 ± 9.5^a	20 ± 4.1^a	27.33 ± 6.62^b	1.15 ± 1.15	19.91 ± 3.54^b
LSD (0.05)	7.8	4.7	6.92	0.11	2.35
value	0.023	0.65	0.031	0.74	0.027
CV (%)	13.68	18.03	17.26	6.36	10.41

Means within a column followed by the same letter are not significantly different (), otherwise it is significant. LSD : least significant difference, CV: coefficient of variance, SWC : soil and water conservation, SBD : soil bund with desho grass, and SBO : soil bund only.