Soil organic carbon stock and retention rate among land uses along Didessa toposequence in humid Western Ethiopia

Environmental Systems Research

Table 1 Soil textures and pH in land uses of mixed farming systems of Didessa toposequence

Districts	Sites	Land Uses	Sand, %	Silt, %	Clay, %	Textural classes	pH-H₂O	pH-KCl
Guto Gidda	Fayinera	Coffee agroforestry	61	23	16	SC	5.08	3.58
		Eucalyptus agroforestry	57	23	20	SL	4.78	3.61
		Cultivated land	53	27	20	SL	5.01	3.85
		Short fallow	47	27	26	SCL	4.91	3.71
Guto Gidda	Dune Kane	Coffee agroforestry	61	23	16	SL	5.06	3.72
		Protected forest	55	23	22	SCL	4.89	3.81
		Eucalyptus agroforestry	53	25	22	SCL	4.71	3.59
		Cultivated land	45	29	26	L	4.85	3.69
		Short fallow land	43	31	26	L	5.11	3.83
Diga	Jirata	Eucalyptus agroforestry	43	27	30	SCL	5.11	3.83
		Cultivated land	45	25	30	CL	5.05	3.73
		Short fallow	49	35	16	SCL	4.49	3.75
		Coffee agroforestry	43	25	32	L	4.48	3.49
Leka Dulacha	Catholic	Cultivated land	47	19	34	CL	5.12	3.93
		Eucalyptus agroforestry	37	37	26	SCL	5.01	3.58
		Short fallow	53	29	18	L	4.79	3.64
Leqa Dulacha	Balho	Grazing land	63	29	8	SL	4.93	3.67
		Forest land	41	33	26	SL	5.16	3.91
		Cultivated land	57	21	22	L	5.62	4.73
Bedele	Sugar plantation	Sugarcane at harvest	57	21	22	SCL	5.07	3.69
		Grassland	55	19	26	SCL	6.06	4.67
		Sugarcane plantation	49	21	30	SCL	6.17	4.76
Jimma Arjo	Sugar plantation	Grassland and forest	41	25	34	L	6.13	4.52
		Sugarcane at harvest	49	17	34	SCL	7.37	6.31
		Sugarcane plantation	53	17	30	SCL	6.63	4.75