Utilizing livestock waste solids as bioresource for socio-economic sustainability: A report from rural India

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 193-197

  Suthar, Surindra ^a  

^a DOON UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Rural employment; Soil fertility; Sustainable development; Vermicompost

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 80052266668     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-011-9240-0     Document Type: Review

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