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Vol.2, No.3, 334-340 (2011) Agricultural Sciences doi:10.4236/as.2011.23044 Effects of tillage, fallow and burning on selected properties and fertility status of Andosols in the Mounts Bambouto, West Cameroon 1* 2 2 Paul Tematio , Ertine Isabelle Tsafack , Lucas Kengni 1Department of Earth Science, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon; *Corresponding Author: paultematio@yahoo.fr 2Department of Earth Science, University of Dschang, Dschang, Cameroon. Received 28 January 2011; revised 23 May 2011; accepted 7 July 2011. ABSTRACT 1. INTRODUCTION To assess the impact of land use on the Andosol Soil quality is fundamental for sustainable agriculture fertility, changes in chemical and physical pro- development [1]. The land use and management systems perties affecting soil quality were monitored on strongly influence soil quality expressed by changes in Andosols from Mount Bambouto submitted to soil chemical and physical properties (organic matter four different land uses and management sys- content, CEC, sum of exchangeable cations, acidity, bulk tems: natural cover, tillage, burning and fallow. density, aggregates stability, etc.). Thus, improper land In comparison with the natural cover, tillage use and management systems reduce soil fertility and the reduces Andosol OC (6.5% to 4.8%), total N subsequent food security [2]. Many studies on soil fertil- (4.51‰ to 2.95‰), CEC (22.0 to 20.9 cmol·kg–1) ity have focused mainly on nutrients budget and bal- and the abundance of