Monitoring land degradation in the semiarid tropics using an inferential approach: the Kabomo basin case study, Nigeria

Sediment deposition and pedogenesis in exclosures in the Tigray highlands, Ethiopia

“…The prerequisite for this method is that for the different treatments (i.e., land use types) differences in lithological, topographic and climatic conditions are negligible, so that space can replace time (Woldeamlak and Stroosnijder, 2003). This inferential approach has been used widely in studies on the effects of land use changes on soil properties (Adejuwon and Ekanade, 1988;Abubakar, 1996Abubakar, , 1997Hajabbasi et al, 1997;Lumbanraja et al, 1998;Jaiyeoba, 1998;Paniagua et al, 1999;Liü et al, 2002;Woldeamlak and Stroosnijder, 2003).…”

Effects of soil depth on the dynamics of selected soil properties among the highlands resources of Northeast Wollega, Ethiopia: are these sign of degradation?

“…This land use also described by unstable soil fractions because of steeper slope and impact of human and livestock interventions (Table 1). This finding contradicts with the result of Abubakar's (1997) The percentage changes in sand particle size distribution of subsoil from topsoil were decreasing in all land uses. The change was the highest in forestland (−31 %; P < 0.01) and the lowest in cultivated land (−10 %) ( Fig.…”

“…Studies in Ethiopia (e.g. Belay, 2002;Woldeamlak and Stroonijer, 2003;Eyayu et al, 2009;Asmamaw and Mohammed, 2013) and in Nigeria (Abubakar, 1997) on spatial variability of soil properties have shown similar changes.…”

Enhancing environmental monitoring and assessment: Evaluating soil quality changes using a parametric index in smallholder farming systems

“…The study employed an inferential approach to assess soil changes, a method grounded in the principle that soils within a relatively homogeneous area -characterized by uniform climatic, geomorphic, geologic, and biotic attributes -primarily differ due to their speci c land uses (Abubakar, 1997). This approach enables the comparison of soils under various cropping and land use practices (CLUP) to evaluate changes attributable to those practices.…”