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

Table 3

The mean effects of soil and water conservation measures and landscape positions on selected soil chemical properties (Mean ± SE).

SWC measures	Soil chemical properties
	pH-(H2O)	OC (%)	TN (%)	Av.P (ppm)	CEC (cmol/kg)
SBD	6.58 ± 0.16^a	4.01 ± 0.44^a	0.41 ± 0.05^a	18.93 ± 3.6^a	40.94 ± 0^a
SBO	5.67 ± 0.21^b	1.84 ± 0.88^b	0.27 ± 0.04^b	14.2 ± 2.02^b	27.24 ± 0^b
LSD (0.05)	0.11	0.35	0.02	0.09	6.37
value	0.0001	0.0001	0.001	0.0001	0.0001
Relative change (%)	16	117.9	51.85	33.3	50.3
Landscape position
Upper (≥30%)	5.95 ± 0.49^c	2.24 ± 1.48^c	0.29 ± 0.06^c	13.82 ± 1.7^c	29.25 ± 5.48^c
Middle (15–30%)	6.11 ± 0.54^b	2.85 ± 1.25^b	0.35 ± 0.08^b	16.62 ± 2.8^b	33.6 ± 8.46^b
Lower (3–15%)	6.31 ± 0.47^a	3.66 ± 0.87^a	0.39 ± 0.08^a	19.23 ± 4.4^a	39.41 ± 8.83^a
LSD (0.05)	0.13	0.43	0.02	2.28	2.44
value	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0007	0.0001
CV (%)	1.85	12.01	5.54	9.41	5.78

Means within a column followed by the same letter are not significantly different (), otherwise they are significant. SWC : soil and water conservation, SBD : soil bund with desho grass; SBO : soil bund only.