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Agrociencia

On-line version ISSN 2521-9766Print version ISSN 1405-3195

Abstract

LOPEZ-SANTOS, Armando; BUENO-HURTADO, Palmira; ARREOLA-AVILA, J. Guadalupe  and  PEREZ-SALINAS, J. Emmanuel. CONSERVATION ACTIVITIES OF SOILS IDENTIFIED THROUGH INDICES KAPPA INDICES IN NORTHEAST OF DURANGO, MEXICO. Agrociencia [online]. 2017, vol.51, n.6, pp.591-605. ISSN 2521-9766.

Estimation of soil erosion based on modeling, as with the Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) or the revised USLE (RUSLE), considers anthropogenic action (factor C) for land uses and has limitations to detect how that influence happens. The objective of this research was to develop a procedure to identify the presence or absence of soil conservation actions based on the expert observation of evidence on lands dedicated to rainfed agriculture in northern Durango, Mexico. The study unit (UE) of 2250 km2, included San Pedro del Gallo and San Luis del Cordero (25° 21” and 25’ 59” N; -104° 29”, -104° 1” W and arid and semiarid climate). The experimental design was completely randomized on the coverage of UE agricultural plots. A questionnaire with six categories and 15 indicators was used with the Kappa-Cohen technique. The information was analyzed with descriptive statistics module contingency tables in SPSS® (IBM, NY, USA). The results showed significant (p≤0.05) and highly significant (p≤0.001) concordances, which represented substantial agreement (Kappa=0.686). This indicated that 52 % of the study cases do not perform adequate rainwater management practices to favor crops, and do not incorporate organic matter; thus, the practice for the control of soil erosion is not a priority for UE farmers.

Keywords : soil conservation; water erosion; expert observation.

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