Monitoring soil quality of different land use systems: a case study in Suha watershed, northwestern highlands of Ethiopia

Environmental Systems Research

Table 6 Status of soil quality under different land use systems based on defined ratings (Li et al. 2018)

Land use system	SQI values for selected indicators				Total SQI	Rating
Land use system	STC	pH	OC	NPK	Total SQI	Rating
CL	0.04	0.06	0.16	0.12	0.38	Low
FL	0.04	0.06	0.32	0.18	0.60	High
GL	0.04	0.06	0.24	0.18	0.52	Moderate

CL cultivated land, FL forest land, GL grazing land, SQI soil quality index, STC soil texture, OC organic carbon, NPK nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium