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Farmers’ preferred trees carbon sequestration capacity in Lake Victoria’s rural landscapes

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  • Mwanjalolo, Jackson Gilbert Majaliwa
  • Muwanika, Vincent
  • Tabuti, John
  • Luswata, Kizza
  • Nampijja, Josephine
  • Ssebuliba, Edward
  • Mpiira, Samuel
  • Nyamukuru, Antonia

Abstract

This study identified the carbon sequestration potential of the most valued trees species by farmers in Mayuge district, Uganda. Composite soil samples were collected 1.5 to 2 m away from the tree trunk for carbon content and bulk density at two different soil depths (0-15 cm and 15-30 cm). Soil samples were collected from eight trees of each species, 8-10 years old, on a lixic ferralsol within a radius of 5 km, occurring in different land-use types including land which had been under fallow for 8-10 years. Soil carbon stock did not significantly vary between the different trees and averaged 31.54 Mg ha-1 and 27.05 Mg ha-1 for 0-15 cm and 15-30 cm soil depth, respectively. The effect of land-use and depth on soil carbon stock varied with tree species (p<0.05). Implications of these findings to future studies in Agroforestry as well as to communities in the Lake Victoria rural landscapes are discussed in this paper.

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  • Mwanjalolo, Jackson Gilbert Majaliwa & Muwanika, Vincent & Tabuti, John & Luswata, Kizza & Nampijja, Josephine & Ssebuliba, Edward & Mpiira, Samuel & Nyamukuru, Antonia, 2017. "Farmers’ preferred trees carbon sequestration capacity in Lake Victoria’s rural landscapes," African Journal of Rural Development (AFJRD), AFrican Journal of Rural Development (AFJRD), vol. 1(3), March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:afjrde:263433
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.263433
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