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

Table 3

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

Land management types	CEC (meq/100 gm soil)	Na (cmol/kg)	K (cmol/kg)	Ca (cmol/kg)	Mg (cmol/kg)
Fanya juu not supported with desho grass	28.4 ± 2.547^a	0.23 ± 0.000^a	0.18 ± 0.422^a	14.46 ± 1.567^a	6.18 ± 1.563^a
Fanya juu supported with desho grass	28.8 ± 2.833^a	0.24 ± 0.000^a	1.67 ± 0.441^a	14.47 ± 1.424^a	6.2 ± 1.616^a
Landscape without conservation practice (control field)	21.31 ± 0.160^b	0.13 ± 0.000^b	0.8 ± 0.000^b	10.9 ± 0.738^b	3.77 ± 0.483^b
Mean	26.17 ± 4.161	0.2 ± 0.000	1.38 ± 0.507	13.28 ± 2.086	5.39 ± 1.675
F	32.901	0.000	18.00	21.189	10.328
Sig

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