Abstract

Soil is an important natural resource for growing plants and the suitability of soil for crop production is based on the quality of the soil s physical chemical and biological properties The objectives of the study were to determine the soil physical and chemical properties and characterize the spatial variability of soil physico-chemical properties across the study area The study was conducted at Crop Soil and Pest Management Research Farm Futa Soil samples were collected from six sampling depths between 0-60 cm at an interval of 10 cm at different 20 points across the field while coordinates of the soil sampling points were determined using Global Positioning System GPS procedures The test for variance was carried out on physical properties of sand silt clay bulk density g cm3 porosity water holding capacity WHC and soil hydraulic conductivity and chemical properties on pH organic matter content total nitrogen available phosphorus ppm calcium magnesium sodium and potassium cmol kg and effective cation exchange capacity cmol kg