Effects of using municipal waste as fertilizer on soil properties in Jos area, Nigeria

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 52, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1266-1270

  Olowolafe, E A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Fertilization effects; Fertilizers; Jos; Municipal waste; Nigeria; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; KETONES; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; STANDARDS; SURFACES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

AVAILABLE PHOSPHORUS; COW DUNG; CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZATION EFFECTS; INORGANIC FERTILIZERS; JOS; JOS PLATEAU; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; MOLLISOLS; MUNICIPAL WASTE; MUNICIPAL WASTES; NIGERIA; ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CONDITIONING; SOIL DATA; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL PROFILING; SOIL PROPERTIES; STANDARD PROCEDURES; STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING; STUDY SITES; SURFACE SOILING; TOTAL NITROGEN; TWO TYPES;

SOILS;

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; ORGANIC MATTER; PHOSPHORUS;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILIZER; MANURE; MOLLISOL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL PROFILE; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL TYPE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; COW; CROP PRODUCTION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NIGERIA; POULTRY FARMING; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL PROPERTY; SURFACE SOIL;

AFRICA; JOS; NIGERIA; PLATEAU; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 53049088000     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2008.07.005     Document Type: Article

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