Our research has been focused on in situ determination of the texture and the textural class of soil in LUHIHI sector in South Kivu with the objective of determining the texture and textural class of soil in this sector by applying the method VSA. To achieve this research, we have processes with descriptive and statistical methods but also with several techniques including documentation, observation and data collection. To achieve this, we have chosen used seven trials of the VSA method including: the test launch of the ball, the test pressure, the bottle test, the test of the horizontal plane, the test of the shaken pellet, the test to crush dry soil as well as the handling of successive test. All these methods and techniques have allowed us to classify soil in a way our study area. From the standpoint of soil texture, the results of our work have proved that this sector consists essentially of clays, silts and sand. The results of determining the textural class allowed them to classify the soil as clay.
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