Rubbish increases yields

Farmers near Thies, Senegal have been loading up their donkey carts with untreated household rubbish from the town tip and spreading it on their land. This cheap source of fertilizer led to better crop yields and other farmers, seeing the benefits,...

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
Format: News Item
Language:Inglés
Published: Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation 1991
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/45644
Description
Summary:Farmers near Thies, Senegal have been loading up their donkey carts with untreated household rubbish from the town tip and spreading it on their land. This cheap source of fertilizer led to better crop yields and other farmers, seeing the benefits,...