ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Agron.
Sec. Plant-Soil Interactions
Volume 7 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fagro.2025.1536935
Assessment of land use and slope influence on soil organic carbon stocks and soil properties in Southern Ethiopia"
Provisionally accepted
- Oda Bultum University, Chiro, Ethiopia
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Understanding the impact of land use on soil organic carbon stocks (SOCS) and soil properties is crucial for effective soil management and mitigating climate change. This study aimed to Evaluate the effects of land use and slope on soil organic carbon stocks and soil properties in Southern Ethiopia. Soil samples were collected from upper, middle, and lower slopes, with a total of 54 composite samples representing different land uses. The result reveled that total nitrogen, potassium and organic carbon in land use and slope position significantly affected. The highest soil organic carbon stocks, total nitrogen and organic carbon and enst based land use system the highest available phosphorus, with lower slope showing lowest organic carbon (3.27%), total nitrogen (0.28%), available phosphorus(3.58ppm) and soil organic carbon stocks 73.38 mgh -1 ).The result indicated different land use system influence soils physicochemical properties and the variation of slope varies the result soil properties studied. Based on this studies forestry and enst land system tremendous potential raise soil fertility capacity and diminish loss of soil nutrient and more conservation minded. Therefore, we concluded that using different plant residual materials and mixed farming methods, such as agroforestry, promotes the sustainable maintenance of soil physicochemical properties for both the present and future. This underscores the need for integrated land management to boost carbon storage, enhance soil fertility, and combat climate change.Key Word: -Soil organic carbon stocks (SOCS), Land use systems, Soil physicochemical, climate change mitigation
Keywords: soil pH, Soil reaction, Exchangeable base, SOCS 1, Total nitrogen
Received: 29 Nov 2024; Accepted: 02 Jun 2025.
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* Correspondence: Cherinet Miju Wachu, Oda Bultum University, Chiro, Ethiopia
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