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FIGURE 12.2
Maize crop on tied ridges (local CA practice in Makonde and Rondo pla-
teaus) for effective soil moisture storage and organic carbon conservation in Arenic Ferrasols
in southeastern Tanzania.
TABLE 12.8
Mean Annual Soil Loss (Mg/ha) Measured on Runoff Plots with Various Land
Use Types in Ugandan Shoreline of Iguluibi District
Land Use (2005)
Mean
Median
SD
Min
Max
N
Agriculture
Bananas
3
2.1
0.0
4.3
13.4
0.0
Cassava
3
27.3
8.7
37.9
0.2
138.8
Cassava-maize-sorghum intercrop
3
8.5
7.7
11.0
0.0
41.6
Coffee
3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Groundnuts
3
4.0
0.0
12.0
0.0
40.0
Maize
3
2.6
0.2
5.2
0.0
15.6
Millet
3
0.7
0.03
1.7
0.0
6.9
Sugarcane
3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
Sweet potatoes
3
1.1
0.2
2.6
0.0
10.4
Built Up
Cumulative Yield (t/ha)
Mean Yield (t/ha)
Settlement 1 (mean compound area = 0.25 ha)
1
87
52
Settlement 2 (mean compound area = 0.09 ha)
1
17
Source:
Adapted from Isabirye, M., D. Kimaro, and O. Semalulu,
Tropicultura
, 28, 89, 2010. With
permission.
Note:
N
, number of plots/path where soil loss was measured during the year 2005.
