Comparative analysis of effects of climate-smart agriculture practices and conventional agriculture on selected soil physicochemical properties in Nyimba district, Zambia
| Autor: | Petros Chavula, Chizumba Shepande, Samuel Feyissa |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Ukrainian |
| Rok vydání: | 2023 |
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| Zdroj: | Біологічні студії, Vol 17, Iss 4, Pp 85-102 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1996-4536 2311-0783 |
| DOI: | 10.30970/sbi.1704.744 |
| Popis: | Background. Many smallholder farmers in the developing world live in adverse poverty and rely on agriculture as their primary source of income and household food. In Zambia, agriculture production is the main activity for people in rural areas of the country. The study evaluated the effects of climate-smart practices: Gliricidia sepium alley cropping, conservation agriculture basin, ripping, and conventional agriculture cropland on selected physicochemical properties of soil among smallholder farmers’ croplands in Nyimba district, Zambia. Materials and Methods. Cropland under conservation agriculture basin, ripping, agroforestry gliricidia alleyed cropping, and conventional agriculture cropland hosting the practices for more than five years were considered for soil sample collection. Thirty (30) composite soil samples were collected: gliricidia alley cropping (n = 6), conservation agriculture ripping (n = 6), basin (n = 6), conventional agriculture one (n = 6), and conventional agriculture two (n = 6) following a zigzag pattern on soil surface depth of 0–30 cm. The collected composite soil samples were analyzed at the University of Zambia Soil Science Laboratory. Soil laboratory results were analyzed with Minitab Statistical Software version 17 for mean squares, standard deviations, and Tukey’s LSD. Results and Discussion. The study revealed significant effects (p |
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