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Organic Fertilizers: Sawdust |
 Sawdust can often be easily found.
What is it?
Sawdust is the powdery by-product of cutting wood with a saw. Pretty simple really.
What is the primary benefit?
Sawdust is a great source of organic matter for our fertilizer and our soil. Depending on where we live, we may have access to large amounts of sawdust. Where I am right now in Turkey, there are a number of... |
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What Works: Improving Health with Agriculture |
 In many rural areas, people are both sick and hungry. But some new agricultural projects worldwide are demonstrating that when supported properly, local farms and gardens can improve nutrition, health, and incomes of entire communities.
In chapter 3 of State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet, Abdou Tenkouano, director of AVRDC – The World Vegetable... |
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Flood Water Management under Rod-Kohi Areas |
 Introduction
Rod-Kohi agriculture is a run-off farming system whereby flood water, rushing down as hill-torrents, is diverted into fields for crops production practiced over 2.0 Mha in four provinces of the country. Traditionally, flood water is not properly managed, resultinsg in productivity losses through damage to crops, land and properties. Major constraints... |
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What Works: Farming with trees |
 Poor soils, lack of irrigation, and limited access to inputs, including fertilizer, are some of the barriers farmers face to increasing food production, and alleviating food insecurity, in sub-Saharan Africa. Incorporating trees on farms can help increase yields by building soil fertility, reducing erosion, retaining water, or providing shade. And many species produce... |
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Five innovations that boost soil fertility |
 Crops need air, sun, water, and soil to thrive. When it comes to soil, however, quality usually trumps quantity. Rich and fertile land boasts a healthy mixture of phosphorous, potassium, and nitrogen, along with water, air, and soil micro-organisms that break down organic matter.But what happens when these elemental building blocks are disrupted? The Green Revolution of the... |
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Fertilizers and Environmental Pollution |
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Fertilizers are organic or inorganic substances, either natural or synthetic, used to supply elements (such as nitrogen, phosphate and potash) essential for plant growth. They are the most effective means of increasing crop production and of improving the quality of food and fodder. With them, food for more people can be produced than this planet would otherwise... |
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Organic Fertilizers: Coffee Grounds |
 Coffee Grounds are a common additive to compost.
What is it?
Coffee Grounds are what is left over after making coffee. Coffee beans are ground and then steeped in water to make coffee. Old coffee seeds or ground coffee that has not been steeped can be used as well.
What is the primary benefit?
Coffee Grounds are a good source of nitrogen. It is not amazing, but... |
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A sharp rise in fertiliser prices |
AS the Kharif cropping season is set to commence from April 1st, prices of fertilisers have increased creating an unrest among farmers across the country.
Importers and dealers have raised prices of different fertilisers including Di Ammonium Phosphate (DAP) and Mono Ammonium Phosphate (MAP) by over 60 per cent. Growers complain that dealers suspended supplies of these and... |
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Impact of fertilizers on health and environment |
 Positive effects of fertilizer use on the environment are often overlooked and only the negative aspects are brought into focus.
Mineral and organic fertilizers are accused of accumulation of dangerous or even toxic substances in soil from fertilizer constituents, for example cadmium from mineral phosphate fertilizers or from town or... |
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