Validation of Farmer Perceived Soil Fertility Improving Tree Species in Agropastoral Communities of Bushenyi District

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dc.contributor.authorMuzoora, Albert. K.
dc.contributor.authorTuryahabwe, Nelson
dc.contributor.authorMajaliwa, Jackson G. M.
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-02T10:08:38Z
dc.date.available2022-12-02T10:08:38Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractIn sub-Saharan Africa, including Uganda, there is declining soil fertility and limited on-farm use of inorganic fertilizers due to poverty and limited subsidies for inorganic fertilizer use. Thus, integration of soil fertility improving tree species (SFITs) in farming systems remains a plausible option to sustaining soil productivity. However, knowledge of the effects of many of the locally growing farmer perceived soil fertility enhancing tree species on to soil chemical and nutrient contents are thus still lacking, and this has constrained decisions on their adoption and scaling up. The objectives of this paper were to identify farmers’ preferred soil fertility improving tree species in agropastoral communities of Kyeizooba subcounty Bushenyi district, and characterize their litter content and assess their effect on selected soil chemical properties. Semistructured questionnaires were administered to 333 randomly selected agropastoral farmers. Litter and soils under canopy soils were sampled from three different environments:Under canopy radius (A), canopy edge (B), open pasture land up to thrice the canopy radius (C). Results revealed Eucalyptus as the most common tree species on livestock farms, followed by Erythrina abyssinica. The highest litter content was recorded for Markhamia lutea (240 g/cm2 under its canopy) followed by Croton macrostachyus (90 g/cm2), and 19 g/cm2 Erythrina abyssinica. Nitrogen was higher (P = .02) in Erythrina abyssinica litter, K and carbon in Croton macrostachyus litter (P = .03). These results give evidence that of soil improvers Erythrina abyssinica, Croton macrostachyus, andMarkhamia luteamay positively affect soil fertility. Farmers’ indigenous knowledge and or valuation of important tree species can be relied on, and thus, their indigenous knowledge need to be incorporated during identification of tree species for promotion in farming systems.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMuzoora, A., Turyahabwe, N., & Majaliwa, JG (2011). Validation of farmer perceived soil fertility improving tree species in agropastoral communities of Bushenyi district. International journal of Agronomy , 2011. doi:10.1155/2011/212515en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1155/2011/212515
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/5669
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational journal of Agronomyen_US
dc.subjectFarmeren_US
dc.subjectSoil Fertilityen_US
dc.subjectTree Speciesen_US
dc.subjectAgropastoral Communitiesen_US
dc.titleValidation of Farmer Perceived Soil Fertility Improving Tree Species in Agropastoral Communities of Bushenyi Districten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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