2021
DOI: 10.7163/gpol.0195
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The impact of traditional land use management on soil quality in Northeastern Himalayas (India)

Abstract: n the Northeast Himalayas (NEH) region, four major conventional land-use types are forest, Jhum lands, fallow Jhum lands and plantations, but little is known about their sustainability and responses to changes. We collected soil samples at two uniform depths (0-15 and 15-30 cm) from the Zunheboto district of Nagaland (India). The dataset was statistically analyzed by conducting an ANOVA-one way, principal component analysis (PCA) and calculating an additive soil quality index (SQIa). Our results confirmed that… Show more

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“…Despite the uncertainty of SOC stock changes due to LUC, most field studies or meta-analyses confirm that land mismanagement results in SOC loss, and the magnitude of SOC change varies among different land uses. In addition to this, studies from Southeast Asian countries like Thailand and India also demonstrate that the conversion of land uses toward traditional shifting cultivation practices leads to a decrease in SOC stocks and soil quality [16][17][18].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Despite the uncertainty of SOC stock changes due to LUC, most field studies or meta-analyses confirm that land mismanagement results in SOC loss, and the magnitude of SOC change varies among different land uses. In addition to this, studies from Southeast Asian countries like Thailand and India also demonstrate that the conversion of land uses toward traditional shifting cultivation practices leads to a decrease in SOC stocks and soil quality [16][17][18].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Gowd et al 2010;Bhatia et al 2015;Sakram et al 2015;Bhatti et al 2017;Ratnakar 2018;Suhr et al 2021). Studies evaluating the influence of different land use types on soil quality in cultivated hilly and mountainous areas are limited (Chandrasekaran et al 2015;Prokop et al 2018;Kumar et al 2020;Mishra and Rodrigo-Comino 2021). In particular, such studies are lacking for the Eastern Himalayas, including the Darjeeling Himalayas.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%