Current approaches and future trends in compost quality criteria for agronomic, environmental, and human health benefits

MP Bernal, SG Sommer, D Chadwick, C Qing… - Advances in …, 2017 - Elsevier
Organic wastes are composted to stabilize organic matter, reduce the moisture content,
increase the concentrations of plant nutrients, eliminate pathogens and weed seeds …

Biological nutrient removal and recovery from solid and liquid livestock manure: Recent advance and perspective

M Zubair, S Wang, P Zhang, J Ye, J Liang, M Nabi… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
Rapid development of livestock industry produces large amount of livestock manure rich in
nutrients, organic matters, antibiotics, and heavy metals, thus imposes great harms to human …

Manure management: Implications for greenhouse gas emissions

D Chadwick, S Sommer, R Thorman… - Animal feed science and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Slurry, farmyard manure and poultry manure are an inevitable consequence of livestock
products generated from housed animals. These manures are recycled back to land for …

Effect of C/N ratio, aeration rate and moisture content on ammonia and greenhouse gas emission during the composting

T Jiang, F Schuchardt, G Li, R Guo, Y Zhao - Journal of Environmental …, 2011 - Elsevier
Gaseous emission (N20, CH4 and NH3) from composting can be an important source of
anthropogenic greenhouse gas and air pollution. A laboratory scale orthogonal experiment …

Review on greenhouse gas emissions from pig houses: Production of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide by animals and manure

FX Philippe, B Nicks - Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 2015 - Elsevier
The environmental impacts of livestock production are attracting increasing attention,
especially the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs). Currently, pork is the most widely …

Composting of rice straw with effective microorganisms (EM) and its influence on compost quality

MLC Jusoh, LA Manaf, PA Latiff - … journal of environmental health science & …, 2013 - Springer
This study aims to assess the effect of EM application on the composting process of rice
straw with goat manure and green waste and to evaluate the quality of both compost …

Bioconversion of three organic wastes by black soldier fly (Diptera: Stratiomyidae) larvae

Z Liu, M Minor, PCH Morel… - Environmental …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
This study aimed to determine the suitability of several organic waste substrates to be
processed by the larvae of the black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (L.)(Diptera …

Mitigation of ammonia, nitrous oxide and methane emissions from manure management chains: a meta‐analysis and integrated assessment

Y Hou, GL Velthof, O Oenema - Global change biology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Livestock manure contributes considerably to global emissions of ammonia (NH 3) and
greenhouse gases (GHG), especially methane (CH 4) and nitrous oxide (N2O). Various …

Solid waste management by composting: state of the art

S Gajalakshmi, SA Abbasi - Critical reviews in environmental …, 2008 - Taylor & Francis
One of the most versatile and remunerative techniques for handling biodegradable solid
wastes is composting. A large variety of such wastes of plant, animal, and synthetic origins …

Is the productivity of organic farms restricted by the supply of available nitrogen?

PM Berry, R Sylvester‐Bradley… - Soil Use and …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
This paper reviews information from the literature and case studies to investigate whether
productivity in organic systems is restricted by the supply of available N during the major …