Vermicomposting as a sustainable practice to manage coffee husk, enset waste(enset ventricosum), khat waste (Catha edulis) and vegetable waste amended with cow dung using an epigeic earthworm eisenia andrei (Bouch' 1972)

International Journal of PharmTech Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-24

  Degefe, Gezahegn ^a   Mengistu, Seyoum ^b   Dominguez, Jorge ^c  

^a DEBRE BERHAN UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coffee Husk. Khat; Eisenia andrei; Enest; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CATHA EDULIS; COFFEE; COFFEE HUSK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; EISENIA ANDREI; ETHIOPIA; MANURE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; VEGETABLE; VERMICOMPOST;

EID: 84860009207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09744304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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