Effects of Conservation Agriculture and Conventional Tillage on the Soil Physicochemical Properties and Household Income in Southern Ethiopia

Table 2

Mean (±SE) effects of CA and CT land management on the sand, silt, and clay (%) distribution in Arba Minch Zuriya and Derashe districts.

Land management type	Particle size (mean (±SE))
	Clay	Silt	Sand
CT	45.79 ± 2.19^a	45.01 ± 1.41	9.2 ± 1.35
CA	53.74 ± 2.68^b	40.01 ± 2.07	6.25 ± 0.86
t-value	0.029	0.056	0.076

Means with the different letters across column are significantly different () to land management. Note. CA, conservation agriculture; CT, conventional tillage.