Production and storage of N-enriched co-compost

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2429-2436

  Adamtey, Noah ^a   Cofie, Olufunke ^a   Ofosu Budu, Godfred K ^b   Danso, Seth K A ^c   Forster, Dionys ^d  

^a INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b Agric Research Centre   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^d SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; AMMONIUM SULPHATE; C/N RATIO; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; FERTILISER; MUNICIPAL WASTE; N CONTENT; NITROGEN CONTENT; ORGANIC FRACTIONS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TOTAL NITROGEN;

AGRICULTURE; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; METABOLISM; NITROGEN; PRODUCTIVITY; UREA;

COMPOSTING;

AMMONIUM SULFATE; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; UREA;

COMPOST; FERTILIZER; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; STORAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMIDITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE;

AMMONIA; FERTILIZERS; METALS, HEAVY; NITROGEN; PRODUCT PACKAGING; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; UREA;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67650269416     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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