Soils of Kitulanghalo forest reserve area, Morogoro district, Tanzania

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1995

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Sokoine University of Agriculture

Abstract

The report presents the results of a detailed soil survey (publication scale 1:1,000) of 12 ha of land in the Kitulanghalo Forest Reserve in Morogoro, Tanzania. The objective of the study was to make an inventory of the soils of the area in terms of their properties and ecological condi tions; classify them using the existing soil classification systems; and present on a map the spatial distribution of the various soil types to assist in the selection of a site for the Land Development Project for Sustainable Agriculture at the Sokoine University of Agriculture, in Morogoro, Tanzania.

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The report is a result of the project on "Sustainable Land Management in Morogoro, Tanzania".

Keywords

Forest reserve, Soil chemical and physical properties, Kitulanghalo, Soil survey

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