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The main objective of this study was to determine how the conversions of home gardens to mono-crop fields affect soil organic carbon (SOC) and total nitrogen (TN) stocks. The study compared SOC and soil TN stocks in 7 paired sites of home gardens and converted mono-crop fields (khat and sugar cane; cultivated for 1–20 years after conversion) in Wondo Genet, Southern Ethiopia. Except two recently converted...