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Table 4 Scoring of soil quality indicators according to the Soil Health Card (SHC)

From: A Soil Health Card (SHC) for soil quality monitoring of agricultural lands in south-eastern coastal region of Bangladesh

Field no.

Land use

Subsurface compactiona

Aggregate stabilitya

Ground covera

Soil smella

Soil colora

Microorganism diversitya

Earthworm contenta

Total scoreb

Percentage (%)

Category

Field-1

Paddy field

5

5

6

6

5

4

4

35

83.34

Good

Field-2

Paddy field

2

2

4

2

4

3

2

19

45.24

Medium

Field-3

Paddy field

3

3

4

4

4

4

3

25

59.53

Medium

Field-4

Vegetable

5

5

2

5

2

1

1

21

50.00

Medium

Field-5

Vegetable

3

3

5

2

3

3

2

21

50.00

Medium

Field-6

Paddy field

5

5

6

2

5

2

1

26

61.91

Medium

Field-7

Paddy field

5

5

6

5

2

4

3

30

71.43

Medium

Field-8

Paddy field

5

5

6

5

4

4

3

32

76.19

Medium

Field-9

Paddy field

2

2

6

2

4

6

4

26

61.91

Medium

Field-10

Paddy field

2

2

4

4

5

3

1

21

50.00

Medium

  1. aHere, score 1 = very poor, score 2 = poor, score 3 = medium but not efficient, score 4 = medium and quite efficient, score 5 = good, score 6 = very good
  2. bHere, poor = <40%, medium = 40–80%, good = >80% levels are followed in catagorising the percentage of the total score assessed by investigating the overall field condition
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