ArticleScientific reports2017
Effects of biochar, waste water irrigation and fertilization on soil properties in West African urban agriculture.
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- Soil organic carbon in irrigated agricultural systems: A meta-analysis.Global change biology · 2021Pooled it
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- Body Size and Weight of Pill Bugs (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- Comparative Study on Soil Microbial Diversity and Structure Under Wastewater and Groundwater Irrigation Conditions.Current microbiology · 2020Article
- Biophysical potential of crop residues for biochar carbon sequestration, and co-benefits, in Uganda.Ecological applications : a publication of the Ecological Society of America · 2019Article
- Biochar amendment improves degraded pasturelands in Brazil: environmental and cost-benefit analysis.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
In large areas of sub-Saharan Africa crop production must cope with low soil fertility. To increase soil fertility, the application of biochar (charred biomass) has been suggested. In urban areas, untreated waste water is widely used for irrigation because it is a nutrient-rich year-round water source. Uncertainty exists regarding the interactions between soil properties, biochar, waste water and fertilization over time. The aims of this study were to determine these interactions in two typical sandy, soil organic carbon (SOC) and nutrient depleted soils under urban vegetable production in Tamale (Ghana) and Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) over two years. The addition of biochar at 2 kg m
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