Resources Tagged: Fertilizer

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  1. Producing Fertilizer from Food Waste Recycling using Berkeley and Bokashi Method

    Abstract,International Scientific Researches Journal, 2016 This paper is attempts to discuss on the production of fertilizer from food waste recycling through Bokashi and Berkeley method in laboratory scale and FTIR analysis. These methods are easy to apply at home and the production was only...
    Bokashi Fertilizer

  2. A potential tipping point in tropical agriculture: Avoiding rapid increases in nitrous oxide fluxes from agricultural intensification in Kenya

    Abstract, Biogeosciences, 2015 There are national and regional efforts aimed at increasing fertilizer use in sub‐Saharan Africa, where nitrogen (N) inputs must be increased by an order of magnitude or more to reach recommended rates. Fertilizer inputs increase N availability and cycling rates and...
    Fertilizer East Africa

  3. Acid Soils of the Tropics

    Key Resource
    2002-01-01 Acidification of soil is a natural process with major ramifications on plant growth. As soils become more acid, particularly when the pH drops below 4.5, it becomes increasingly difficult to produce food crops. As soil pH declines, the supply of most plant nutrients decreases while aluminum and a...
    Soil pH Calcium Lime Fertilizer Ammonium Nitrate Alkaline Acidity Micronutrients Soil

  4. Simple Approaches to Making and Using Foliar Fertilizers

    One of our main goals in the permaculture garden is to foster soil life, and there are many methods we use for accomplishing this goal. We apply thick mulches and add plenty of organic matter. We practice no-dig methods so as not to harm existing soil life, and we enhance richness by adding...
    Fertilizer

  5. Pumpkin Production for Export in Tonga

    1989-01-01 This bulletin specifically deals with the pumpkin variety "Delica", which is grown for the export market in Japan. Directions are given for raising and fertilzing the pumpkins, along with pest and leaf disease control and storage and shipping of the pumpkins.
    Fertilizer Japan Postharvest Pumpkin

  6. Agricultural Utilization of Urban and Industrial By-Products

    Key Resource 1995-01-01 Fourteen chapters address various aspects of human waste or, as the editor puts it, the "by-products," of our increasingly urban and industrial society. Topics range from the societal, political, and regulatory issues associated with land application to more technical issues such as the negative...
    Fertilizer Human Waste

  7. How To Make Fertilizer

    1981-01-01 This bulletin contains easy-to-follow, well-illustrated directions for making fertilizer with materials likely to be found in a village situation. Included are instructions for making the fertilizer in a simple frame or container, a list of possible raw materials, and a list of general...
    Community Resources Downloads VITA Fertilizer

  8. FM 1990 ILEIA Newsletter Vol 6 #3

    1990-10-19 Traditional use of external inputs by Bhutanese farmers Soil life and chemical fertilizers in Brazil Alternative farming in USA Finding the best mix Soil life and chemical fertilizers Sustainable farming Our organic farming experience
    Organic Agriculture Fertilizer Low-External-Input Sustainable Agricu... Organic Farming