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Cooperation in manure-based biogas production networks: An agent-based modeling approach [PDF]
Biogas production from manure has been proposed as a partial solution to energy and environmental concerns. However, manure markets face distortions caused by considerable unbalance between supply and demand and environmental regulations imposed for soil
Fraccascia, Luca+3 more
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Strategies to reduce nutrient pollution from manure management in China [PDF]
As the demand for livestock products continues to increase in China, so too does the challenge of managing increasing quantities of manure. Urgent action is needed to control point source (housing, storage and processing) and diffuse (field application ...
Bai, Zhaohai+7 more
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Fertilization is one of the most common agricultural practices to achieve high yield. Although microbes play a critical role in nutrient cycling and organic matter decomposition, knowledge of the long-term responses of the soil bacterial community to ...
Xiufen Li+4 more
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Manure and sewage sludge are known to add significant amounts of zinc (Zn) and other metals to soils. However, there is a paucity of information on the fate of Zn that derives from complex organic fertilizers in soil–plant systems and the contribution of
Bo-Fang Yan+3 more
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Economic aspects of manure management and practices for sustainable agriculture in Turkey [PDF]
Turkish livestock sector plays very important role in the Turkish GDP and the use of manure affects the environment but the farming sector want the farmers to employ the use of more integrated manure practice.
Buysse, Jeroen+3 more
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Effects of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizer Application on Growth, Yield, and Grain Quality of Rice
Nutrient management and fertilizer application are influential elements for high yield and preferred grain quality. Negligible information is available regarding fertilizer application in the paddy fields in Afghanistan.
Kifayatullah Kakar+4 more
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“Manures and their Uses” [PDF]
ALLOW me to thank the well-known writer “W.” for his review of the above-mentioned book. “W.” does not hold with the view that “farmyard manure is erroneously supposed to contain all the necessary plant-foods required for the growth of plants.” I believe, with M. Ville and others, that “the farmer who uses nothing but farmyard manure exhausts his land.”
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Chemical Extraction of Phosphorus from Dairy Manure and Utilization of Recovered Manure Solids
Repeated land application of dairy manure can increase soil phosphorus above crop requirements because of manure’s low nitrogen (N) to phosphorus (P) ratio (N:P < 4:1). This soil P build-up can lead to off-site P transport and impairment of surface water
Ariel A. Szogi+2 more
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The participatory evaluation was conducted to assess the forage yield of the natural pasture in degraded grazing land through the application of urea, manure and Vicia sativa over sown with farmers’ practices at the Emba Alaje district.
Tesfay Atsbha+3 more
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Application of exogenous N fertilizers provides agronomic benefits but carries environmental liabilities. Managing benefits and liabilities of N-based fertilizers in conventional (CNV) and organic (ORG) cropping systems might be improved with better ...
Sharon L. Weyers+3 more
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