Land use effect on soil properties in Abakaliki southeastern Nigeria

The effect of different land use in selected soil properties was studied in 2016 at Abakaliki southeastern, Nigeria. Five replicate auger and core soil samples from A - land used for crop production, B -land used for cattle production, C -grass and shrub land and D -forest land were collected and used for the determination of selected soil physicochemical properties. The data obtained was subjected to analysis of Variance (ANOVA) in a CRD and mean that was significant was separated using Fisher's least significant difference (F-LSD). The results showed that land used for animal and crop productions had lower nutrients whereas grass & shrub land and forestry land had higher nutrients. Hence, the importance of encouraging the planting of vegetation in our land to improve soil productivity.