Composting of animal manures and chemical criteria for compost maturity assessment. A review.

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Summary

The basic concepts of the composting process and how manure characteristics can influence its performance are explained and a summary of those factors such as nitrogen losses, organic matter humification and compost maturity which affect the quality of composts produced by manure composting is presented.

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review
Published
2009-11-01
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Compost, Manure, Humus, Environmental science, Agriculture

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