Organic fertilizers : types, production and environmental impact / Rajeev Pratap Singh, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Singh, Rajeev Pratap.

Series:

Agriculture issues and policies series.

Agriculture issues and policies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organic fertilizers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (285 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Organic fertilizer refers to materials used as fertilizer that occur regularly in nature, usually as a by product or end product of a naturally occurring process. Organic fertilizers such as manure have been used in agriculture for thousands of years; ancient farmers did not understand the chemistry involved, but they did recognize the benefit of providing their crops with organic material. Interest in organic farming is growing worldwide as sustainable agricultural practice nowadays. Organic fertilizers are sustained sources of nutrients due to slow release during decomposition. By increasing soil organic matter, organic farming can reinstate the natural fertility of the damaged soil, which will improve the crop productivity to feed the growing population. Organic fertilizers enhance the natural soil processes, which have long-term effects on soil fertility. The book is a very valuable compilation in this direction.

Contents:

Effects of organic inputs in urban agriculture and their optimization for poverty alleviation in Senegal, West-Africa / Saliou Niassy and Karamoko Diarra

Effect of organic fertilizers on biological parameters influencing soil quality / R. Dinesh ... [et al.]

Replenishing soil organic matter with organic fertilisers / Gyorgy Fuleky and Szilveszter Benedek

Environmental impacts of organic fertilizers usage in agriculture / P.S. Chauhan ... [et al.]

Vermicomposting parameters play an effective role in green sustainable approach / Richa Kothari, Sarita Verma, and V.V. Tyagi

Valorization of organic wastes as fertilizer. Environmental concerns of composting and anaerobic digestion technologies / Carla Lopes ... [et al.]

Using organic fertilizers to grow asparagus and half high blueberries / P.R. Warman and S.X. Margarit

A prospectus for bio-organic fertilizer based on microorganisms: recent and future research in agricultural ecosystem / Yonghong Wu, Linzhang Yang

Earthworms vermicompost: a nutritive biofertilizer and a sustainable alternative to the agronomically, socio-economically, & environmentally destructive chemical fertilizers / Rajiv K. Sinha ... [et al.]

The status of organic fertilizer in Malaysia: for Earth's sake / Hasnah Md. Jais

Organic fertilizers and their impact on agricultural production system / Jay Prakash Verma and Rajhans Verma

Wheat production under chemical and organic amendment system / Surendra Suthar, Mohd Kadir

Organic fertilizers in forestry: a green technology for restoration of mine spoils / Anuj Kumar Singh and Jammaluddin.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62081-457-9