IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eee/recore/v52y2008i11p1266-1270.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Effects of using municipal waste as fertilizer on soil properties in Jos area, Nigeria

Author

Listed:
  • Olowolafe, E.A.

Abstract

One of the major constraints to sustainable crop production on the Jos Plateau in Nigeria is low soil fertility status. Since the solution to the problem has long been perceived in terms of inadequate supply and distribution of inorganic fertilizers, maintenance of soil fertility has become one of the greatest problems facing both agricultural institutions and farmers in the area. With increased realization of the importance of organic fertilizers, which are now being used to provide useful supplement to inorganic ones, municipal waste is one of the organic fertilizing materials in use for quite some time now in Jos area. Farmers apply town waste in combination with poultry droppings and/or cow dung. Therefore, the objective of the study was to determine the effects of municipal waste application on soil properties. Two types of soil data were collected: Soil profile data and surface soil data. In each of the two study sites selected (Gangare and Naraguta) in the area, two profile pits were located, one in a farm where there has been application of town waste and the second in the adjacent reference area where there has been cultivation but no application of municipal waste. Stratified random sampling technique was adopted to collect surface soil samples. Standard procedures were applied in laboratory analysis. The results of soil analysis show that application of town waste has really modified the soil conditions. The surface soils in some areas have become very dark, classifying the soil as Mollisols. The levels of organic matter, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, exchangeable bases and CEC have been greatly enhanced. However, the contents of some trace elements have increased too.

Suggested Citation

  • Olowolafe, E.A., 2008. "Effects of using municipal waste as fertilizer on soil properties in Jos area, Nigeria," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 52(11), pages 1266-1270.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:recore:v:52:y:2008:i:11:p:1266-1270
    DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2008.07.005
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921344908001109
    Download Restriction: Full text for ScienceDirect subscribers only
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1016/j.resconrec.2008.07.005?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to search for a different version of it.

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Obour, Peter Bilson & Dadzie, Frederick Asankom & Kristensen, Hanne Lakkenborg & Rubæk, Gitte Holton & Kjeldsen, Chris & Saba, Courage Kosi Setsoafia, 2015. "Assessment of farmers’ knowledge on fertilizer usage for peri-urban vegetable production in the Sunyani Municipality, Ghana," Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Elsevier, vol. 103(C), pages 77-84.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eee:recore:v:52:y:2008:i:11:p:1266-1270. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Kai Meng (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/resources-conservation-and-recycling .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.