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Resources Tagged: Composting

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  1. Vermicompost Composting for Soil Improvement

    2013-02-20
    Composting East Africa

  2. How to prepare compost in 3 weeks?

    2017-08-01 The decline or even loss of soil fertility is the major challenge faced by more and more farmers around the world in general and especially those in sub-Saharan Africa. Many causes, mainly anthropogenic, are at the origin of this situation. Despite the massive use of chemical fertilizers through...
    Compost Composting Garden Compost Soil Fertility Soil Health Restoration Land Restoration West Africa

  3. Worm Composting, University of Maine

    University of Maine Cooperative Extension educator Marjorie Peronto discusses the benefits and best methods of worm composting. Excellent information on using worms to make good stuff for your garden.
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  4. On Farm Composting Methods

    Composting is an attractive proposition for turning on-farm organic waste materials into a farm resource. However, farmers in many parts of the world, and especially in developing countries, are unable to make the best use of the composting opportunities available to them. This is because they...
    Composting

  5. Vermicompost and Fertilizer Application: Effect on Productivity and Profitability of Baby Corn (Zea Mays L.) and Soil Health

    ABSTRACT - Journal of Composting Science and Utilization, 2017 Earthworm digested wastes (vermicompost) are being produced in increasing quantities to make farming sustainable. A study was carried out for two consecutive years (2007–09) at the Agricultural Experimental Farm of Indian Statistical...
    Composting Vermicompost

  6. Composting

    FAO : Composting is the natural process of 'rotting' or decomposition of organic matter by microorganisms under controlled conditions. Raw organic materials such as crop residues, animal wastes, food garbage, some municipal wastes and suitable industrial wastes, enhance their suitability for...
    Composting

  7. Soil pH Buffering Capacity and Nitrogen Availability Following Compost Application in a Tropical Acid Soil

    ABSTRACT - Journal of Composting Science and Utilization, 2017 Tropical acid soils are highly weathered as they exist under tropical environment with high rainfall and temperature throughout the year, which affects nitrogen availability. Soil organic nitrogen is important in estimating soil...
    Acidic Soil Composting Soil pH

  8. The wonder of earthworms - video

    Access Agriculture Training Video Earthworm compost can increase soil fertility and help increase the production of vegetables in poor and salty soils. Here we will learn about a fast and easy way to make earthworm compost on a small piece of land. Available languages Arabic AtesoAymara Bambara...
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  9. Practical Action Resources - Soil fertility and Composting

    This section looks at the way in which soil quality can be maintained and improved through a number of techniques including the use of fertilizer, manure and compost.
    Composting Vermicompost

  10. Biochar and Compostization: Maximization of Carbon Sequestration with Mitigating GHG Emission in Farmlands

    ABSTRACT, FFTC In Japan charcoal has been used for a long time as environmental improver, soil improver in a firm, water purification material and odor adsorbent. It was reported that biochar has proliferation effect of symbiosis microorganisms such as root nodule bacteria and mycorrhiza in farm...
    Biochar Composting