Risk and protective factors for ASF in domestic pigs and wild boar in the EU, and mitigation measures for managing the disease in wild boar by European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), Anette Ella Boklund, Karl Ståhl, Miguel Ángel Miranda Chueca, Tomasz Podgórski, Timothée Vergne, José Cortiñas Abrahantes, Eleonora Cattaneo, Sofie Dhollander, Alexandra Papanikolaou, Stefania Tampach, Lina Mur

“…First, a literature review and a case–control study in commercial pig farms emphasised the importance of biosecurity and farming practices, including the spread of manure around farms and the use of bedding material as risk factors, while the use of insect nets was a protective factor. …”
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Exploring the impact of grazing on fecal and soil microbiome dynamics in small ruminants in organic crop-livestock integration systems. by Sejin Cheong, Kimberly Aguirre-Siliezar, Sequoia R Williams, Amélie C M Gaudin, Paulo Pagliari, Michele T Jay-Russell, Roselle Busch, Elizabeth A Maga, Alda F A Pires

“…In integrated crop-livestock systems, livestock graze on cover crops and deposit raw manure onto fields to improve soil health and fertility. …”
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Recycling of biogas digestates in plant production: NPK fertilizer value and risk of leaching by Trine A. Sogn, Ivan Dragicevic, Roar Linjordet, Tore Krogstad, Vincent G. H. Eijsink, Susanne Eich-Greatorex

“…The fertilizing effect of digestates was compared to mineral fertilizer and manure. To investigate the fate of excess nutrients in soil after the growing season, the pots were leached after harvest. …”
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Land Use Changes Affecting Soil Organic Matter Accumulation in Topsoil and Subsoil in Northeast Thailand by Benjapon Kunlanit, Laksanara Khwanchum, Patma Vityakon

“…Agricultural practices, notably applications of organic materials, such as cattle manure, could increase subsoil SOM stock as found in some agricultural land uses (cassava and sugarcane) in some location in our study. …”
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Phytosanitary monitoring of the narrow-leaved lupine collection of VIR in the northwest of Russia by R. A. Abdullaev, M. A. Vishnyakova, G. P. Egorova, E. E. Radchenko

“…Narrow-leaved lupine (Lupinus angustifolius L.) is an important high-protein forage and green manure crop, also promising for food use. This is a plastic species produced under various ecogeographic conditions and the only cultivated species of lupine adapted to high northern latitudes – up to 60° NL. …”
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Effects of Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on Growth and Nutrient Uptake by Young Cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) by Jerome A. Dogbatse, Alfred Arthur, Godfred K. Awudzi, Amos K. Quaye, Sampson Konlan, Andrews A. Amaning

“…A study was therefore conducted at the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana to determine the effect of integrated application of poultry manure (PM) and sulphate of ammonia (SOA) fertilizers on survival, growth, and nutrient uptake by cacao seedlings under marginal field conditions. …”
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Du nomadisme à la sédentarisation by Aimé Landry Dongmo, Patrice Djamen, Éric Vall, Koussou Mian-Oudanang, Doubangolo Coulibaly, Jean Lossouarn

“…They adopted cereal cultivation and showed innovation capacities by using organic manure, off-farm labour and herbicides. This enabled them to obtain high yields in the Sahel, diversify sources of income and thus reduce auctioning their cattle, which is often considered a drama. …”
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN AGRICULTURE IN OLAMABORO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KOGI STATE by Silas Joshua, Blessing Omahas

“…The major challenge faced by about 90% of women participating in farming activities includes; inadequate capital/credit and gender bias, about 82% complaint of government support, 80% further talked about poor weather and shortage of labour, another 76% lack adequate information, 71% lack fertilizer and manure, while 53% and 60% talked about limited access to land and poor disease control respectively. …”
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Effects of Dissolved Organic Matter on Sorption of Oxytetracycline to Sediments by Zongzhou Wang, Qianli Jiang, Runze Wang, Xiaoyu Yuan, Shengke Yang, Wenke Wang, Yaqian Zhao

“…The effects of two representative dissolved organic matters (DOMs) (derived from corrupt plants (PDOM) and chicken manure (MDOM)) on sorption characteristic of oxytetracycline to three typical sediments (first terrace (FT), river floodplain (RF), and riverbed (RB) sediments collected from the Weihe River) were investigated. …”
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Use of climate smart agriculture technologies in West Africa peri-urban Sahel in Niger by Tinawaen Tambol, Emmanuel K. Derbile, Moussa Soulé

“…The other technologies included fertilizer micro-dose, organic manure and compost application, flood-tolerant improved varieties, irrigation based on green energy, tele-irrigation, early maturing varieties and planting pits. …”
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Effect of the composting process on physicochemical properties and concentration of heavy metals in market waste with additive materials in the Ga West Municipality, Ghana... by Carl Tibu, Ted Y. Annang, Negasi Solomon, Dzidzo Yirenya-Tawiah

“…Methods The Stack pile composting was carried out with market waste, sawdust, rice straw, and swine manure in four different combinations. Parameters such as temperature, pH, nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and heavy metal concentrations were monitored. …”
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Increasing of C/N ratio with addition of tapioca starch in Oligochaetes culture substrate by Yani Hadiroseyani, Ardina Puspitasari, Tatag Budiardi

“…The substrate used was a mixture of mud and chicken manure with a ratio of 1:1 on the container measuring 100×12×15 cm3. …”
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Impact of textile sludge on the growth of red amaranth (Amaranthus gangeticus) by Badrun Nessa, M. Mostafizur Rahman, Mashura Shammi, Mohammad A. Rahman, Tasrina Rabia Chowdhury, Mubarak Ahmad, Md. Khabir Uddin

“…Results The results showed that the content of plant nutrients nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), potassium (K) and iron (Fe) in sludge was significant compared to organic manure along with a high content of total organic carbon (TOC). …”
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Biotransformation of sludges from dairy and sugarcane industries through vermicomposting using the epigeic earthworm Eisenia fetida by Dayanand Sharma, Rajnikant Prasad, Bhavesh Patel, Chintak Kamalesh Parashar

“…The present study was aimed to utilize the vermicomposting technique to treat the sludge generated from these two industries.Method The dairy sludge, sugarcane press mud were homogenously mixed with cattle manure to form five different proportions of waste mixture M1, M2, M3, M4, and M5. …”
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Economy of Fertilizer Nitrogen through Organic Sources in Rain-Fed Rice-Legume Cropping Systems in West Bengal, India by A.M. Puste, S. Bandyopadhyay, D.K. Das

“…During the wet seasons of 1997 and 1998, 12 combinations of bio- and organic sources (crop residues, well decomposed cow dung, dhanicha as green manure) were substituted for 25–50% of N fertilizer applied on transplanted rice (Cv. …”
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Optimization of sustainable corn–cattle integration in Gorontalo Province using goal programming by Imran Supriyo, Indriani Ria, Hippy Mohammad Zubair

“…Therefore, finding better ways to use farm waste as animal food and cow manure as corn plant fertilizer is of utter importance. …”
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The effects of contour-based rainwater harvesting and integrated nutrient management on maize yields in semi-arid regions of Zimbabwe by Pasipanodya Chiturike, Jephta Gotosa, Innocent Wadzanai Nyakudya, Sandra M. Madamombe, Ronald Mandumbu, Ngonidzashe Chirinda, Andrew Tapiwa Kugedera, George Nyamadzawo

“…The objectives of this study were to evaluate the effects of contour-based rainwater harvesting (RWH) namely tied contours (TC), infiltration pits (IP) which were compared with the standard contour (STDC), and intergrated nutrient management (INM) where cattle manure was used as basal fertiliser and Ammonium Nitrate (AN) as top dressing, on maize yields. …”
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Assessment of Nitrogen Ceilings for Dutch Agricultural Soils to Avoid Adverse Environmental Impacts by Wim de Vries, Hans Kros, Oene Oenema, Jan Willem Erisman

“…A simple N balance model was developed, representing all crucial processes in the N chain, to calculate acceptable N inputs to the farm (so-called N ceiling) and to the soil surface (application in the field) by feed concentrates, organic manure, fertiliser, deposition, and N fixation. The N ceilings were calculated on the basis of critical limits for NO3 concentrations in groundwater, N concentrations in surface water, and ammonia (NH3) emission targets related to the protection of biodiversity of natural areas. …”
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Comparing compost and vermicompost produced from market organic waste by Syarifinnur Syarifinnur, Yulia Nuraini, Budi Prasetya, Eko Handayanto

“…The market organic waste consisted of comparing cabbage, banana peduncle, pineapple, added rice straw, and cow manure as bedding. The study used 12 treatments with three replicates. 4 treatments for composting methods (without earthworm) and 8 for vermicomposting (4 treatments using Lumbricus rubellus and 4 treatments using Eudrillus eugeniae). …”
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Impact of Land Degradation on Irish Potato Production in Hamurwa Sub-County Rubanda District. by Ahimbisibwe, Columbus

“…The use of farmyard manure should be encouraged to restore land cover. …”
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