期刊名称：Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2226-1184
电子版ISSN：2226-1184
出版年度：2022
卷号：128
期号：8
页码：88-94
语种：English
出版社：Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences
摘要：Human activities such as deforestation of natural cover for plantation, farming, industrialization and urbanization among others have been shown to negatively affect soil quality. Physical and chemical parameters in soils were determined to assess the effect of land use types on the soil quality for agricultural production and environmental sustainability. Four different land use types: natural forest, tree plantation, farmland, and residential were selected for this study. Forty samples each of disturbed and undisturbed soils were collected for physical and chemical analysis using standard instrumentation techniques. Undisturbed soil samples were analyzed for bulk density and porosity while disturbed soil samples were analyzed for other selected physical and chemical parameters. Results of study show that the soils are sandy to loamy. The pH of soils was acidic (4.87) to nearly neutral (6.90) in nature. The results of moisture content, organic matter content, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, exchangeable cations and micro-nutrients in soils were found higher while the values of bulk density were lower at natural forest land than at tree plantation, farmland, and residential lands at P≤0.05. This study has shown that uses of natural land for other land use types will reduce the soil fertility and quality. Deforestation should be discouraged and afforestation should be intensified for sustainability and management of the environment.
