Soil Fertility Status and Nutrients Content in Maize (Zea Mays L.) Tissue at Migna Kura in Wayu Tuka District, East Wollega, Ethiopia

Master's Thesis from the year 2021 in the subject Geography / Earth Science - Geology, Mineralogy, Soil Science, grade: A, Haramaya University, language: English, abstract: This study was initiated to assess soil fertility, quantify nutrients content in maize tissue, and mapping selective soil parameters of Migna Kura Kebele, Wayu Tuka District, east Wollega, Ethiopia in 2019. A total of 32 surface soils and leaf samples were randomly collected for nutrients concentration quantify. Soil physicochemical properties and maize leaf nutrients of 32 samples were analyzed using standard laboratory procedures.Declined soil fertility is one of the main constraints to improve food production in Ethiopia and inadequate information about soil fertility in the study area. To replenish impoverished soils, site and crop-specific studies of soil fertility parameters are required to devise appropriate suggestions for site-specific balanced fertilizer recommendation and soil fertility management in the study area.