Influence of lime and farm yard manure

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REPUBLIC OF RWANDA

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

HIGHER INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL

HUSBANDRY

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FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE ENGINEERING AND ENVORONMENTAL SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF SOIL AND AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING

Dissertation presented by:

MUGOBOKA Dieudonné

In the partial fulfillment for

the requirement of Bachelor

Degree of Sciences in S oil

Conservation and Management

Supervisor:

Dr Mathew Banji Oyun

Busogo, January 2009

DEDICATION

TO

Almighty God

My Beloved parents

My Brothers and Sisters

All my Relatives

All my Friends and Colleagues

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

First and foremost, I thank the Almighty God for his abundant blessings and protection during my fieldwork.

I full highly indebted the Higher Institute of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry of Busogo, for making excellent environment for pursuing my studies in the institute.

I would like to express my thanks to Dr Mathew Banji Oyun, the Supervisor of this study, for his valuable guidance, collaboration and constructive suggestions, encouragement , which helped me to come to the successful completion of this project work.

My deep sense of gratitude is due to the Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Environmental Sciences for the helped provided to help us in different activities during our work .I offer my sincere gratitude to all the professors of the Department of soil and agriculture engineering for their formation.

My heart-felt thanks go to my dear parents, colleagues and friends who have shown me great understanding and sympathy while I have been involved in the preparation of this study report.

MUGOBOKA Dieudonné

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

FYM: Farm Yard Manure

FAO: Food and Agriculture Organization

ISAE: Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture et d'Elevage

MINAGRI: Ministère de l'Agriculture

DF: Degree of Freedom

SS: Sum of Square

MSS: Mean Sum of Square

CRS: Catholic Relief Service

ANOVA: Analysis of Variance

CV: Coefficient of Variation

CEC: Cation Exchange Capacity

OM: Organic Matter

UNR: Université Nationale du Rwanda

IITA : International Institute for Tropical Agriculture