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The study was conducted at the Kirakufis and Rekatafura in Tulu district of Hirna watershed of West Hararghe zone, Oromiya regional state. The district is among areas highly affected by land degradation and soil nutrient depletion problem. Therefore, aims of the study were to assess the changes in selected soil physicochemical properties of the closure. Surface (0-20 cm) soil samples were collected from the experimental fields using stratified sampling technique. Data analyses were carried out using GLM with 3 replications. Accordingly, clay textures were dominantly observed at the closed areas where as sandy loam was in the open land. The ANOVA test indicated that there was significant different (p#0.05) between closed area to open lands for all parameters, except available phosphorous. Based on this, it is possible to conclude that the establishment of area closures in the degraded lands is a viable option of soil physico-chemical properties improvement.
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