Sustainable household organic waste management via vermicomposting

Malaysian Journal of Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-142

  Fauziah, S H ^a   Agamuthu, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Kitchen waste; Sustainable development; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549135850     PISSN: 13943065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22452/mjs.vol28no2.3     Document Type: Article

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