Purpose Biochar and inorganic fertilizer when co-applied have been reported to increase crop yield and enhance soil fertility. However, studies on this complementary efect on soil properties and rain-fed upland rice ...

Purpose Composting is an environmentally sustainable alternative for bioconversion of agricultural residues into a nutrientrich product that can enhance soil fertility/microbial diversity and thereby improve agricultural ...

Purpose Protein hydrolysates (PHs) have attracted much interest in recent years owing to the benefcial efects on plant growth. Feather, one of the most abundant wastes generated from the poultry industry, is rich in proteins ...

Purpose The work aimed to investigate the efect of cow dung and cellulolytic bacteria on humic characteristics during municipal solid waste composting. Four Bacillus isolates (B. subtilis, B. tequilensis, B. venezuelans ...

Purpose Manure extracts possess great potential as alternate inorganic fertilizers. However, limited information exists on how manure infuences plant growth. This study’s aim was to determine the impact of aerated manure ...

Purpose A pilot composting project was initiated as part of a 200 tons/day solid waste recycling plant with active involvement of several local stakeholders. The project aimed at introducing compost production and use in ...

Purpose The nutritional content of fermented fertilizers was determined, and the efect of its application in combination with hydrogel was evaluated in a bioassay with maize plants. Methods The fertilizers were produced ...

Purpose The most important factor afecting soil quality is soil humic fraction. Efects of adding carbon in soil humic compounds in arid environments have only been slightly investigated. The change in soil humic acids’ ...

Purpose In this study, the composting and co-composting potential of cofee husk and pulp with source-separated municipal solid waste (SSMSW) was investigated. Methods Cofee husk and pulp were mixed independently with SSMSW ...