Vermicomposting for sustainable food systems in Africa

Vermicomposting for sustainable food systems in Africa / Hupenyu Allan Mupambwa, Lydia Ndinelao Horn, Pearson Nyari Stephano Mnkeni, editors.

This edited book collates the research done mainly in Africa on vermicomposting and related technologies that can assist African smallholder farmers in making nutrient rich organic fertilizers from their animal and crop residue wastes. Information on the development of organic sources of liquid fert...

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Other Authors: Mupambwa, Hupenyu Allan, Horn, Lydia Ndinelao, Mnkeni, Pearson Nyari Stephano
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer, 2023.
Series:Sustainability science in Asia and Africa. Sustainable agriculture and food security
Subjects:
Vermicomposting > Africa.
Sustainable agriculture > Africa.
Sustainable agriculture
Vermicomposting
Africa
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Table of Contents:
  • SECTION 1: SCIENCE OF VERMICOMPOSTING
  • Chapter 1. A decade of vermicomposting research at the University of Fort Hare: Selected insights
  • Chapter 2. State-of-the-Art and New Perspectives on Vermicomposting Research: 18 years of progress
  • Chapter 3. Experiences on methods of vermicompost analysis for plant and soil nutrition
  • Chapter 4. An outstanding perspective on biological dynamics in vermicomposting matrices
  • Chapter 5. Insights into earthworm biology for vermicomposting
  • SECTION 2: VERMICOMPOST PRODUCTION Chapter 6. Vermicomposting as an eco-friendly approach for recycling and valorization grape waste
  • Chapter 7. Vermitechnology: An underutilised agro-tool in Africa
  • Chapter 8. Prospects of vermicompost and biochar in climate smart agriculture
  • Chapter 9. Wild bird animal manure vermicomposting: Experiences from Namibia
  • Chapter 10.Rock phosphate vermicompost with microbial inoculation potential in organic fertility
  • SECTION 3: VERMICOMPOSTS ON SOIL QUALITY AND CROP GROWTH Chapter 11. A farmers synthesis on the effects of vermicomposts on soil properties
  • Chapter 12. Vermicompost as a possible solution to soil fertility problem and enrichment in the semi-Arid Zones of Namibia
  • Chapter 13 Role of vermicompost in organic vegetable production under resource-constrained famers in Zimbabwe
  • Chapter 14. Co-application of vermicompost with other amendments for the improvement of infertile/degraded soils
  • Chapter 15. Sustainable enhancement of soil fertility using bio-inoculants
  • Chapter 16. The potential of vermicomposts in sustainable crop production system
  • Chapter 17. Vermicompost and vermi-leachate in pest and disease control management
  • SECTION 4: VERMICOMPOSTING AND WASTES
  • Chapter 18. Vermicompost: A potential reservoir of antimicrobial resistant microbes (ARMs) and genes (ARGs)
  • Chapter 19 Potential transformation of organic waste in African countries by using vermicomposting technology- Chapter 20. Earthworms in bioremediation of soils contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons.

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