Assessment of surface water quality of inland valleys for cropping in SW Nigeria

International journal of Appl Water Sci, Issue no:2015, Pg. (1-10).

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Hoofdauteurs: Aboyeji, Olatunji Sunday, Ogunkoya, Olayinka
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Gepubliceerd in: Appl Water Sci 2023
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spelling oai:ir.oauife.edu.ng:123456789-56222023-05-13T18:08:43Z Assessment of surface water quality of inland valleys for cropping in SW Nigeria Aboyeji, Olatunji Sunday Ogunkoya, Olayinka Inland valley Irrigation Wetland Water quality indices Agriculture Food security International journal of Appl Water Sci, Issue no:2015, Pg. (1-10). Inland valley agro-ecosystems which are a category of wetlands have potential for sustainable crop production relative to uplands. A major challenge to their utilisation in the study area is their heterogeneity in hydrology, morphology, soil types and agro-economy. The study assessed the surface water quality of three typologies of the agro-ecosystems—amphitheatre-like valley-heads (Am), valley-side (VS), and low depression (LD)—for cropping. Surface water of six sites were sampled during the wet and dry seasons. The physicochemical properties and metal concentrations of the samples were analysed. Descriptive statistics and water quality indices were used to assess the suitability of the waters of the agro-ecosystems for cropping. Results showed that the valleys have neutral to slightly alkaline waters. Values of physicochemical parameters are generally within the acceptable range for cropping. The concentration of major cations varied across the inland valley types, but exhibited similar characteristics within each valley. The dominance of the major cations is in the order of Na [Ca [K[Mg. ANOVA results indicated that there is no significant difference in the concentration of heavy metals across the valleys (F=2.044, p=0.138, a=0.05). Generally, most of the physicochemical parameters and trace metals have low concentrations and are non-toxic to plants. Values of water quality indices (sodium adsorption ratio, soluble sodium percentage, total dissolved solids and permeability index) indicated that the concentrations of minerals in waters across the valley typologies are generally within permis- sible limits for cropping. 2023-05-13T18:02:29Z 2023-05-13T18:02:29Z 2015-07 Journal DOI 10.1007/s13201-015-0309-8 https://ir.oauife.edu.ng/123456789/5622 en application/pdf Appl Water Sci
spellingShingle Inland valley
Irrigation
Wetland
Water quality indices
Agriculture
Food security
Aboyeji, Olatunji Sunday
Ogunkoya, Olayinka
Assessment of surface water quality of inland valleys for cropping in SW Nigeria
title Assessment of surface water quality of inland valleys for cropping in SW Nigeria
title_full Assessment of surface water quality of inland valleys for cropping in SW Nigeria
title_fullStr Assessment of surface water quality of inland valleys for cropping in SW Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of surface water quality of inland valleys for cropping in SW Nigeria
title_short Assessment of surface water quality of inland valleys for cropping in SW Nigeria
title_sort assessment of surface water quality of inland valleys for cropping in sw nigeria
topic Inland valley
Irrigation
Wetland
Water quality indices
Agriculture
Food security
url https://ir.oauife.edu.ng/123456789/5622
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