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Keyword: Organic amend-ments

Original Article
Some utilisation options for cattle dung as soil amendment and their effects in coarse-textured Ultisols and maize growth

Purpose Scarcity of effective manures frustrates the adoption of organic-based soil fertility management in tropical agriculture. Cattle dung (CD) is hugely generated but underutilised due to its high carbon-nitrogen ratio and low mineralisation rate compared with poultry droppings (PD), hence the need to enhance CD’s efficacy. Method Effects of CD utilisation options on fertility of […]

Some utilisation options for cattle dung as soil amendment and their effects in coarse-textured Ultisols and maize growth