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Table 3 Soil fertility management on locally classified soils in studied districts of Wolaita zone, southern Ethiopia

From: Farmers’ soil knowledge, fertility management logic and its linkage with scientifically analyzed soil properties in southern Ethiopia

Parameters

Farmers soil types

Arrada bita

Kereta bita

Chere bita

Talla bita

Gobo bita

Zo’o bita

Lada bita

F value

Sig.

DAP (kg ha−1)

23.3

43.0

50.6

33.0

43.2

45.3

39.2

9.6

0.000

Urea (kg ha−1)

7.02

4.6

3.8

8.4

8.9

6.5

7.08

0.4

0.880

FYM (t ha−1)

1.7

0.7

0.6

0.23

0.5

0.3

0.09

19.4

0.000

  1. DAP diammonium phosphate, FYM farm yard manure