Effect of land use on infiltration characteristics of soils in Northern Akwa Ibom State, South-eastern Nigeria

Ogban, P.I.

doi:10.4314/as.v16i3.5

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“…Eze et al (2011), observed that the infiltration rate of a sandy soil under forest was higher than under sparse vegetation and bare cultivation. Ogban (2017), reported significantly (p≤0.05) high infiltration rates in soil under oil palm compared to fallow and cultivated soil, and in the trend: OP>FL>CC. Differences between FL and CC were not significant.…”

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Evaluation of Infiltration Models in Soils of Two Land Use Systems in Calabar, Nigeria

I.A

Ogban

N.R.B.

et al. 2018

Nigerian Journal of Soil Science

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Recently, the importance of the infiltration process in agriculture and the environ- ment has resulted in an upsurge of interest by soil and water scientists to model the process for quantitative application. A study was conducted on the University of Cal- abar Teaching and Research Farm, Calabar to evaluate the effect of oil palm (OP) and arable farm (AF) land use systems on the Green-Ampt (GA), Philip (P), Kostiakov (K), Horton (H) and Mezencev (MZ) infiltration models, as well as the applicability or efficiency of the models to predict infiltration into the soils. Infiltration data were obtained with double-ring infiltrometer, and the parameters of the models were obtained through curve-fitting. Model accuracy was evaluated with the Willmott’s index of agreement (W), chi-square (X2), coefficient of determination (R2), root mean square error (RMSE) and mean error (ME) test statistics. The results showed that soil under oil palm had measured cumulative infiltration and infiltration rate of 72.81 cm and 14.10cm/hr while arable farm had 74.76 cm and 12.92 cm/hr, respectively. The cumulative infiltration predicted by Philip and Kostiakov models were very close to the field data for OP and AF. Horton and Mezencev models underestimated the infiltration process because their ME values were negative while Green–Ampt, Kostia- kov, and Philip overestimated the infiltration process as they had positive ME values. In terms of accuracy and applicability, the order of performance was P>K>MZ>GA>H. Therefore, the Philip and Kostiakov models could be used to pre- dict infiltration into the soils, but that the Philip model was superior to the Kostiakov model for the University of Calabar Teaching and Research Farm and similar soils in other ecologies.

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confidence: 92%

Evaluation of Infiltration Models in Soils of Two Land Use Systems in Calabar, Nigeria

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Ogban

N.R.B.

et al. 2018

Nigerian Journal of Soil Science

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“…This implies increased rainwater infiltration/retention in the soil, such that palm trees serve as a biological measure of agricultural water conservation (Obalum et al, 2011). Regarding the required improvements in soil structural-hydraulic properties, oil palm plantation has severally been reported to be superior to arable cropping in southeastern Nigeria (Igwe, 2001;Ogban, 2017;Uzoma and Onwuka, 2018).…”

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The oil palm (<i>Elaeis guineensis</i> Jacq): nature’s ecological endowment to eastern Nigeria

Okolo¹,

Okolo²,

Nnadi³

et al. 2019

Agro-Sci.

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The paper highlights oil palm as a multipurpose tree crop symbolizing nature's endowment to the people of South East, Nigeria, and presents available evidence that the center of origin for the palm is within the area. The structure of the natural habitat of the oil palmthe groves, from where several genetic collections have been made for the improvement of the crop worldwideis described. The oil palm is viewed as closely interwoven with the people providing their requirements in terms of food, medicine and materials for infrastructural development. In a wider context, the ecological, socio-economic, and socio-cultural and traditional values of the palm are discussed. The history of efforts to exploit the potentials of the crop through domestication and genetic improvement is given. Because the potential of oil palm is yet exhausted, the action plan for further development in the natural habitat and plantations is also given, highlighting the prospects of increased oil palm production as well as some of the constraints on the way to realising this all-important project. The paper identifies areas needing action research towards the sustainable development of oil palm. Among other suggestions in this direction, the paper recommends the creation of a center of excellence in oil palm studies within the South East, Nigeria to expand the scientific exploitation of the natural groves and encourage plantation establishment for the benefit of not only the people whose God-given gift is now a highly valuable crop in the world, but the entire country and even beyond.

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“…Water infiltration is also believed to increase with reduction in bulk density, establishment of cover crops, mulching, and incorporation of crop residues (Shukla et al, 2003a). Knowledge of soil infiltration characteristics is a required input in increasing irrigation water use efficiency, design of irrigation systems, and decrease water and soil losses, all of which are crucial factors in agriculture (Ogban and Utin, 2014). Infiltration data is also an important parameter in field drainage applications (Haghighi et al, 2011).…”

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“…Variation of the S parameter among treatments may be caused by the differences in continuity and arrangements of soil pores. The A parameter (Soil water transmissivity) is a gravity factor, which is due to the impact of pores on the flow of water through soil under the influence of gravity (Ogban and Utin, 2014). It governs the final steady state infiltration rate.…”

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Goodness of fit of three infiltration models of a soil under long-term trial in Samaru, Northern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria

Girei¹,

Abdulkadir²,

Abdu³

2016

J. Soil Sci. Environ. Manage.

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Good strategies for water conservation, runoff or flood control and erosion management can be achieved by proper understanding of soil water infiltration characteristics. Three infiltration models Kostiakov's (1932), Philip's (1957) and Horton's (1940) were used to evaluate the infiltration characteristics of soils in a long-term fertilizer experiment in the Northern Guinea Savanna Agro Ecological zone with regard to the effects of long term land use and soil management. A double ring infiltrometer was used to conduct infiltration measurement on ten plots having different combination of Dung (D), Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), and Potassium (K) fertilizer treatments. Thus, the treatments combinations were DNPK, DN, DK, DP, D, NPK, N, P, K and CT (no fertilization). Soils were predominantly sandy loam and bulk density and organic carbon were significantly influenced by the fertilizer combinations. Linear least sum of squares was used to obtain the model fitting parameters. Measured infiltration rates for plots that received dung (singly or in combination with mineral fertilizer) were significantly higher (p<0.05) than for the CT plots. Kostiakov's and Philip models showed good agreement with measured infiltration due to large R 2 (0.9956 and 0.986) recorded, respectively except Horton's model, which gave low regression coefficient between measured and calculated data. Based on R 2 values obtained from comparing measured and calculated cumulative infiltration, Kostiakov's and then Philip's equations provided best predictions over Horton. Fitting parameters obtained are suggested for use of site-specific or management-specific solutions of infiltration-related application. Further work is required to obtain reliable fitting parameters for Horton's infiltration equation of the trial field.

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Effect of land use on infiltration characteristics of soils in Northern Akwa Ibom State, South-eastern Nigeria

Cited by 13 publications

References 19 publications

Evaluation of Infiltration Models in Soils of Two Land Use Systems in Calabar, Nigeria

Evaluation of Infiltration Models in Soils of Two Land Use Systems in Calabar, Nigeria

The oil palm (<i>Elaeis guineensis</i> Jacq): nature’s ecological endowment to eastern Nigeria

Goodness of fit of three infiltration models of a soil under long-term trial in Samaru, Northern Guinea Savanna of Nigeria

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