Analysis of Selected Soil Properties in Relation to Soil and Water Conservation Practices in Sibiya Arera, Soro District, South Central Ethiopia

Table 2

Effects of land management on selected soil properties (mean ± standard deviations).

Land management types	pH (H2O)	SOC (%)	TN (%)	AP (mg/kg)
Fanya juu not supported with desho grass	6.09 ± 0.000^a	2.37 ± 0.483^a	0.19 ± 0.000^a	11.39 ± 2.547^a
Fanya juu supported with desho grass	6.1 ± 0.000^a	2.4 ± 0.441^a	0.20 ± 0.000^a	11.56 ± 2.833^a
Landscape without conservation practice (control field)	5.69 ± 0.000^a	1.40 ± 0.483^b	0.12 ± 0.000^b	8.14 ± 0.667^b
Mean	5.96 ± 0.000	2.06 ± 0.000	0.17 ± 0.000	10.36 ± 2.200
F	0.255	14.286	0.151	17.807
Sig

Means within a column followed by same letters in superscripts are not significantly different from each other at ; .