Soil and Water Conservation Nexus Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia

Soil and water conservation practices contribute to long-term agricultural sustainability sustainable agriculture. This review examines the primary agronomic their role in soil conservation. The revealed that Ethiopia's significant are strip cropping, mixed intercropping, fallowing, mulching, contour plowing, crop rotation, preservation of tillage, agroforestry. A difference was found between conserved nonconserved land terms chemical physical properties, organic matter, total N, available phosphorous (P), bulk density, infiltration rate, texture. non-conserved had lower rate with higher clay content, P. matter content positively correlated it negatively density. Cation exchange capacity (CEC) pH undulating lands were moderately suitable for rain fed plant canopies, litter, mulching intercept by decreasing amount, intensity, spatial distribution precipitation reaching surface, protecting surface from direct impact raindrops can cause splash sheet erosion. In conservation, this practice is than others because crops leguminous woody perennials improve enrich conditions through atmospheric nitrogen fixation, litterfall dead decaying roots, nutrient cycles, modification porosity, contribution rates. It also relieves maintains salinity, alkalinity, acid, retention problems. To increase table moisture, based on trapping as much possible storing (intanks) or allowing sink into soil. Even where storage pans dug, they small cannot keep premises afloat when drought lasts days, have done recently. strongly recommended productivity measures promoted an integrated approach which farmers intensively involved every implementation stage.