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Effects of sugarcane pressmud on agronomical characteristics of hybrid cultivar of eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) under field conditions

International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture
Purpose The field experiments were conducted to utilize the sugarcane pressmud in the farming of Solanum melongena as an organic fertilizer. Methods For growing of S.
Vinod Kumar, A. K. Chopra
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The governance of a community garden with a food cycle in suburban Tokyo

Urban Agriculture & Regional Food Systems, 2021
Urbanites can learn more about food cycles by growing vegetables and fruits and composting food residues within a community garden (CG). Case studies are necessary for developing theories about the sustainable governance of CGs containing food cycles. In
Naomi Shimpo
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Impacts on vegetable yields, nutrient contents and soil fertility in a community garden with different compost amendments

AIMS Environmental Science, 2020
This study aimed to test impacts on soil fertility, plant yield, and plant nutrient content when growing vegetables (Arugula and Radish) at different compost treatments rates (10%, 30%, 50% and 70% v/v) and with synthetic fertilizer. The compost used in this study was produced from food wastes in combination of wood chips.
Dongyan Mu, John Hawks, Andrew Diaz
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Recovering nutrients from urine – A golden opportunity for sustainable fertiliser production

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Agricultural industrialisation has led to levels of nutrients in the environment that are well above safe operating limits, yet fertiliser use is necessary to feed a growing population. The recovery of nutrients from human urine in large, developed cities may offset some of the ecological and economic impacts associated with fertiliser production, as ...
Hanxia Yu, Jason K. Reynolds, Veera Koskue, Serhiy Marchuk, Diogenes L. Antille, Bernadette K. McCabe, Cara D. Beal, Stefano Freguia, Niraj Yadav, Jeff R. Powell   +9 more
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An integrated social and natural sciences case study for the reuse of organic wastes as soil amendments

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Reusing organic waste materials, such as animal manure, as soil amendments reduces water and fertiliser demand, contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. However, organic wastes may contain contaminants of emerging concern (CECs), posing potential ecosystem and human health risks. Despite the importance of this issue, there is a lack
Felicity C. T. Elder, Jose‐Luis Fajardo‐Escoffié, Laura Carter, Emily K. Durant, Katie J. Field, John Nightingale, Brett Sallach, Andrea‐Lorena Garduño‐Jiménez   +7 more
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Integrating indigenous crops in agroforestry systems: Lesser yam and teak mixed systems are more profitable than monocultures in Indonesia

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Major staple crops are often introduced and cultivated in monocultures. Yams are staple crops native to the majority of low‐ and middle‐income countries and can provide an alternative to introduced staple crops. We showed that lesser yams cultivated together with teak trees (planted at the border of the farm) are more profitable than lesser yam ...
Budiadi, Sawitri, Enggal Primananda, Aqmal Nur Jihad, Marco Campera, Rika Bela Rahmawati   +5 more
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Open‐land‐derived agroforestry and effects of abandonment of management of the main crop on ecosystem services and woody plant diversity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Tropical forests are rapidly declining. One promising strategy to reverse the loss of tropical forest is the establishment of agroforestry on open land. We combined interviews with biodiversity surveys to learn general lessons from success and nonsuccess stories of the establishment of open‐land‐derived coffee agroforests in one of the world's ...
Lucas M. Fonzaghi, Kristoffer Hylander, Thiago S. de Melo, Ayco J. M. Tack   +3 more
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Biochar-driven modulation of PGPR communities and their impact on tomato crop productivity for a sustainable agronomic development [PDF]

Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Agriculture and Environment
Biochar is a charcoal-like organic product formed by pyrolysis, which acts as a soil amendment that boosts fertility and supports PGPR colonization. This study involves the production of garden-waste-derived biochar that enhances soil fertility and ...
Anita Margret AROCKIYA, Pradeep Kumar GOVINDHARAJ, Subalakshmi SUBRAMANIAN, Sharmila RAMANATHAN   +3 more
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Soils & Fertilizers for Master Gardeners: Urban Soils and their Management Issues

EDIS, 2009
Revised! SL-276, a 3-page fact sheet by Amy L. Shober and Gurpal S. Toor, is part of the Soils and Fertilizers for Master Gardeners series. It describes the characteristics of urban soils and the associated management issues, specifically for soils in residential landscapes. Includes references.
Amy L. Shober, Gurpal S. Toor
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Past, present and future of local crop evolution

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Promoting agrobiodiversity is a promising strategy for mitigating the negative effects of climate change on global food security. We highlight the central role evolutionary processes play in harnessing the potential of local crops by integrating genomics, archaeology, ethnobotany and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).
Nataly Allasi Canales, Philippa Ryan, Amy Jackson, Hong Phuong Le, James Borrell, Aaron Davis, Rafal M. Gutaker   +6 more
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