Assessment of Land Use Pattern and Land Form on Selected Physico-Chemical Properties of Soils Developed on Basement Complex-Sedimentary Transitional Zone of South Western Nigeria
1 Department of Soil Science and Land Management, University of Agriculture, P. M. B. 2240, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria.
2 Department of Agronomy, University of Ilorin, P. M. B. 1515, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
* Corresponding author: ajiboye_godwin@yahoo.com
2 Department of Agronomy, University of Ilorin, P. M. B. 1515, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria.
* Corresponding author: ajiboye_godwin@yahoo.com
Abstract
The effects of cropping practices and soil management on the properties of basement complex- sedimentary transitional zone soils in South Western Nigeria was assessed using soil samples from the pedogenic horizons of ten profile pits dug on two land-use systems (subsistence and experimental farms) and two toposequence. The land use significantly (P
Keywords
deforestation
tropical rain forest soils
sustainability
integrated soil management