Soil and water conservation practice effects on soil physicochemical properties and crop yield in Ethiopia: review and synthesis

Jiru, Endale Bekele; Wegari, Habtamu Temesgen

doi:10.1186/s13717-022-00364-2

Ecological Processes

Table 1 Effects of SWC practices on soil physical properties as reported in reviewed articles

From: Soil and water conservation practice effects on soil physicochemical properties and crop yield in Ethiopia: review and synthesis

Types of SWC practices	Parameters	Observed numbers (N)	Effects	%	Author(s)
Physical (N = 93)
Fanya juu	BD (g/cm)	5	−	5.38	Hailu et al. (2012), Dagnachew et al. (2020)
Soil bund		8	−	8.60	Degu et al. (2019), Mohammed et al. (2020), Tadesse et al. (2016), Guadie et al. (2020), Husen et al. (2017), Bezabih et al. (2016)
Stone bund		3	−	3.23	Hishe et al. (2017), Demelash and Stahr (2010)
Stone bund		2	+	2.15	Mesfin et al. (2018), Belayneh et al. (2019)
Stone-faced soil bund		3	−	3.23	Hailu (2017), Guadie et al. (2020)
Fanya juu	Clay (%) 13.98 (+) 11.83 (−)	2	+	2.15	Tanto and Laekemariam (2019), Hailu et al. (2012)
Fanya juu		2	−	2.15	Tanto and Laekemariam (2019), Hailu et al. (2012)
Stone-faced soil bund		1	+	1.08	Guadie et al. (2020)
Stone-faced soil bund		2	−	2.15	Hailu (2017)
Stone bund		4	+	4.30	Wolka et al. (2011), Mesfin et al. (2018), Hishe et al. (2017)
Stone bund		2	−	2.15	Wolka et al. (2011), Demelash and Stahr (2010)
Soil bund		6	+	6.45	Guadie et al. (2020), Degu et al. (2019), Wolka et al. (2011), Belayneh et al. (2019), Bezabih et al. (2016), Terefe et al. (2020)
Soil bund		5	−	5.38	Wolka et al. (2011), Mohammed et al. (2020), Tadesse et al. (2016), Amdemariam et al. (2011)
Fanya juu	Silt (%) 12.91 (+) 12.91(−) 0	4	−	4.30	Tanto and Laekemariam (2019), Hailu et al. (2012), Dagnachew et al. (2020)
Fanya juu		1	+	1.08	Tanto and Laekemariam (2019)
Stone-faced soil bund		1	+	1.08	Guadie et al. (2020)
Stone-faced soil bund		1	−	1.08	Hailu (2017)
Stone bund		4	+	4.30	Wolka et al. (2011), Hishe et al. (2017), Mesfin et al. (2018)
Stone bund		2	−	2.15	Wolka et al. (2011), Demelash and Stahr (2010)
Soil bund		5	−	5.38	Wolka et al. (2011), Bezabih et al. (2016), Terefe et al. (2020), Belayneh et al. (2019)
Soil bund		6	+	6.45	Wolka et al. (2011), Guadie et al. (2020), Degu et al. (2019), Tadesse et al. (2016), Mohammed et al. (2020), Amdemariam et al. (2011)
Fanya juu	Sand (%) 19.36 (−) 6.45 (+)	2	+	2.15	Tanto and Laekemariam (2019), Dagnachew et al. (2020)
Fanya juu		1	−	1.08	Tanto and Laekemariam (2019)
Stone-faced soil bund		3	−	3.23	Guadie et al. (2020), Hailu et al. (2012)
Stone bund		4	−	4.30	Wolka et al. (2011), Mesfin et al. (2018), Hishe et al. (2017)
Stone bund		2	+	2.15	Wolka et al. (2011), Demelash and Stahr (2010)
Soil bund		2	+	2.15	Amdemariam et al. (2011), Wolka et al. (2011)
Soil bund		10	−	10.75	Wolka et al. (2011), Guadie et al. (2020), Degu et al. (2019), Tadesse et al. (2016), Mohammed et al. (2020), Bezabih et al. (2016), Terefe et al. (2020), Belayneh et al. (2019), Mesfin et al. (2018)
Biological (N = 10)	BD (g/cm³)	3	−	30	Sinore et al. (2018), Gesesse et al. (2013)
	Clay (%)	2	+	20	Sinore et al. (2018)
	Silt (%)	2	−	20	Sinore et al. (2018)
	Sand (%)	3	−	30	Sinore et al. (2018), Gesesse et al. (2013)
Integrated (N = 28)	BD (g/cm³)	7	−	25.00	Tanto and Laekemariam (2019), Tadesse et al. (2016), Amdemariam et al. (2011), Demelash and Stahr (2010)
	Clay (%)	5	−	17.86	Tanto and Laekemariam (2019), Amdemariam et al. (2011)
	Clay (%)	2	+	7.14	Tadesse et al. (2016), Demelash and Stahr (2010)
	Silt (%)	5	+	17.86	Tanto and Laekemariam (2019), Tadesse et al. (2016);
	Silt (%)	2	−	7.14	Demelash and Stahr (2010), Amdemariam et al. (2011)
	Sand (%)	2	−	7.14	Tanto and Laekemariam (2019), Tadesse et al. (2016)
	Sand (%)	5	+	17.86	Demelash and Stahr (2010), Amdemariam et al. (2011)

(+) indicates the parameters improved or changed; (−) indicates the parameters not improved or not changed, and (0) indicates zero effects. This table simply depicted the analyzed results obtained from selected articles

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