"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme climate change".
Carbon stock trends in selected agro ecological zones of Uganda
Abstract:
This study determined the trend in carbon densities and stocks
from major land uses/covers of semi arid and sub humid areas
of Uganda. Carbon densities were estimated from soils and
woody biomass pools of the major homogenous units in terms
of land-use/cover, topography and soil. In Soroti, preliminary
results show that the carbon density was generally highest in
soil than in above ground wood plants (P<0.05). The highest
carbon density was observed under woodland (248.2Mg/ha)
and fallow (213.1 mg/ha), followed by grazing land (173.2 mg/
ha) and annuals (167.66 mg/ha); and the lowest was observed
under perennial agriculture (Orchard) (56.6 mg/ha) (P<0.05).
Cette étude a déterminé la tendance dans les densités de carbone
et ses stocks à partir des principales utilisations de terre/
couvertures végétales des régions semi-arides et sub-humides
de l’Ouganda. Les densités de carbone ont été estimées à partir
des sols et des ensembles boisées de biomasse des unités
homogènes principales en termes d’utilisation de terre/
couverture végétale, topographie et sol. A Soroti, les résultats
préliminaires prouvent que la densité de carbone était
généralement la plus haute dans le sol que dans les arbres audessus
du sol (P<0.05). On a observé la densité de carbone la
plus élevée dans la région boisée (248.2Mg/ha) et la jachère
(213.1 mg/ha), suivie de la prairie (173.2 mg/ha) et les plantes
annuelles (167.66 mg/ha) On a enfin observé la plus basse
densité sous l’agriculture prolongée (verger) (56.6 mg/ha)
(P<0.05).
Language:
English
Date of publication:
2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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57-61
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