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Vermicomposting
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Vermicomposting [Bhutan]

Vermicomposting is the practice of composting organic waste products with the aid of various types of worms. These worms aid the decomposition of organic materials, including kitchen leftovers and yard trash, resulting in the production of compost that is abundant in nutrients.

  • Compiler: Karma Wangdi
Biogas plant
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Biogas plant [Bhutan]

Biogas is a renewable fuel generated through the anaerobic digestion of organic matter like food or animal waste, typically within a biogas plant. The biogas plant is adapted to household conditions and animal waste production. While this technology benefits small-scale farmers, challenges include the cost of establishment and the need …

  • Compiler: ONGPO LEPCHA
Pit Composting
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Pit Composting [Burkina Faso]

Pit composting is a technology that involves gathering residues in a pit and facilitating their decomposition through the activity of microorganisms. The residues utilized in this process can include plant debris, animal waste, food scraps, and suitable urban and industrial waste.

  • Compiler: Moussa ABOU
Using dry compost on paddy rice fields
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Using dry compost on paddy rice fields [Cambodia]

Dry compost is made from raw materials of cow manure, rice straw, rice husks, ash, leaves, waste from kitchen and water for application on paddy rice field to improveof soil quality and reduce chemical fertilizers.

  • Compiler: Navin Chea
Community Land Use Planning in Arkhiloskalo
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Community Land Use Planning in Arkhiloskalo [Georgia]

Unsustainable land use practices, such as deforestation, overgrazing and improper agricultural management systems are triggering the loss and degradation of valuable land resources in Georgia. Land use planning is one of the measures among others to contribute to support the integration of good Landscape and Sustainable Land Management (L-SLM) principles …

  • Compiler: Hanns Kirchmeir
City Compost: A Solution For Waste Management And Soil Health Improvement
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City Compost: A Solution For Waste Management And … [India]

The use of city compost is a sustainable solution for addressing the problem of waste management and soil degradation. Under this technology, urban municipal waste is composted and used as organic fertiliser in agriculture. This relieves the cities’ waste management, enhances rural soils and in turn improves farm productivity.

  • Compiler: Santosh Gupta
Sustainable Biochar Production Through Agroforestry Systems And Its Application
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Sustainable Biochar Production Through Agroforestry Systems And Its … [India]

Biochar is a carbon-rich, solid material derived from a wide range of biomass or organic waste through a thermochemical method. It is an organic charcoal material that is the final product of pyrolysis, or high-temperature burning of agricultural biomass without oxygen. Surplus crop residues, agricultural waste, and wood from sustainable …

  • Compiler: Santosh Gupta
Reconstitution of Soils
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Reconstitution of Soils [Italy]

Reconstitution of soils is a pedotechnique based on the treatment of organic and non-organic pedomaterials to achieve benefits in areas with barren, degraded, desertified and/ or sealed soils.

  • Compiler: Chiara Cassinari