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ArticleHeliyon2024

Evaluation of selected organic fertilizers on conditioning soil health of smallholder households in Karagwe, Northwestern Tanzania.

Baraka Ernest, Amna Eltigani, Pius Z Yanda, Anders Hansson, Mathias Fridahl

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Article in Heliyon, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Baraka ErnestDepartment of Medical Botany, Plant Breeding, and Agronomy, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, P.O Box 65001, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Amna EltiganiProgramme Area "Next-Generation Horticultural Systems"-HORTSYS, Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), DE-14979, Großbeeren, Germany.
Pius Z YandaInstitute of Resource Assessment, University of Dar es Salaam, P.O Box 35097, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Anders HanssonDepartment of Thematic Studies: Environmental Change, Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research (CSPR), Linköping University, SE-58183, Linköping, Sweden.
Mathias FridahlDepartment of Thematic Studies: Environmental Change, Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research (CSPR), Linköping University, SE-58183, Linköping, Sweden.
Linköping University · SELeibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops · DEMuhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences · TZUniversity of Dar es Salaam · TZ

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Soil management is a strategy for improving soil suffering from problems such as low pH, nutrient deficiency, and erosion. The study evaluated the effects of human urine (HU), biogas slurry (BS), standard compost (StC), animal manure (AM), and synthetic fertilizer (SF) in comparison with no soil fertility management (NFM) on soil pH, cation exchange capacity (CEC), soil organic carbon (SOC), soil moisture content, nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), sodium (Na), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), manganese (Mn), and iron (Fe) in the Karagwe district, a Northwestern Tanzania. Four household farms representing each soil amendment type were selected for soil sampling. A total of 192 soil samples were collected and air-dried. After laboratory analysis, BS-enriched soil had the highest pH (6.558), CEC (23.945 cmol+/kg), SOC (5.573%), soil moisture (5.573%), N (0.497%), P (247.130 mg/kg), K (3.036 cmol+/kg), Ca (18.983 cmol+/kg), Mg (4.076 cmol+/kg), Na (2.960 cmol+/kg), and Cu (12.548 mg/kg). Similar soil properties were lower in NFM than in the other soils. The soil properties on the chosen farms did not differ significantly depending on the sampling zone for each organic fertilizer. Therefore, the result indicates that all evaluated organic fertilizers improved soil health compared to NFM, but BS and HU fertilizers led to relatively better soil health improvements than StC, AM, and SF.

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Cation exchange capacityMacronutrientMicronutrientOrganic fertilizersSoil healthSoil organic carbon

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PMID38384502
PMCPMC10878946
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