Vermicomposting as manure management strategy for urban small-holder animal farms - Kampala case study

Waste Management

Volumn 39, Issue , 2015, Pages 96-103

  Lalander, Cecilia Helena ^a   Komakech, Allan John ^a,b   Vinnerås, Björn ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Case study; Conversion rate; Hygiene; Mass balance; Protein production; Vermicompost

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIOCONVERSION; ECONOMICS; FERTILIZERS; FOOD WASTE; MANURES; PROTEINS;

CONVERSION RATES; HYGIENE; MASS BALANCE; PROTEIN PRODUCTION; VERMICOMPOSTS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COMPOSTING; HYGIENE; LIVESTOCK FARMING; MANURE; MASS BALANCE; PROTEIN; SMALLHOLDER; URBAN AREA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS CONVERSION; COMPOSTING; COW; EARTHWORM; EUDRILUS EUGENIAE; FARM ANIMAL; FOOD WASTE; HARVESTING; MANURE; MANURE MANAGEMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; UGANDA; URBAN AREA; VERMICOMPOSTING; WASTE MANAGEMENT; AGRICULTURE; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BIOREMEDIATION; BOVINE; CITY; METABOLISM; OLIGOCHAETA; PROCEDURES;

KAMPALA; UGANDA;

ANIMALIA; EUDRILUS EUGENIAE;

MANURE;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CATTLE; CITIES; MANURE; OLIGOCHAETA; UGANDA; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84928070445     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2015.02.009     Document Type: Article

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