Fig 1.
Location of magera watershed.
Fig 2.
Soil sampling points: a) non-conserved land, and b) land with Fanya Juu.
Fig 3.
Soil physical properties (Sand, Silt, Clay, Moisture Content, Bulk Density, Aggregate Stability) as affected by the age of Fanya Juu terraces (0, 5, and 10 years).
Different letters above bars indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) based on Tukey’s LSD test.
Fig 4.
Soil physical properties (Sand, Silt, Clay, Moisture Content, Bulk Density, Aggregate Stability) as affected by the slope position (Lower, Middle, and Upper).
Different letters above bars indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) based on Tukey’s LSD test.
Fig 5.
Soil chemical properties (pH, OC, Av. P, Total nitrogen, Ex. K, CEC) as affected by the age of Fanya Juu terraces (0, 5, and 10 years).
Different letters above bars indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) based on Tukey’s LSD test.
Fig 6.
Soil chemical properties (pH, OC, Av. P, Total nitrogen, Ex. K, CEC) as affected by the slope position (Lower, Middle, and Upper).
Different letters above bars indicate statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) based on Tukey’s LSD test.
Table 1.
Soil properties modified by the age of Fanya Juu at different slope positions.
Table 2.
Two-way analysis of variance for the Fanya Juu implementation age classes, slope class, and interaction effect on soil characteristics.
Table 3.
Correlation among soil physicochemical properties at three age classesclasses.