What is it about?
Over the year, ash from wood (wood ash) is being used to ameliorate soil, in this work, we showed for the first time that Cocoa Bean Testa Ash is better soil amendment as well as maize yield than wood ash. We also showed that wood ash and Cocoa bean Testa ash mixed together has potential of soil amendment and crop yield. Using Cocoa Bean Testa Ash alone or in addition to wood ash offer alternative to using mineral fertilizer which definitely reduce the dependency on mineral fertilizer.
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Why is it important?
We introduced Cocoa bean testa ash which contributed to environmental cleanliness and removal of waste from the surrounding of Cocoa producing countries. We also succeeded to show that Cocoa Bean testa ash is better soil amendment and crop yield, in addition, better soil properties were achieved under cocoa bean testa ash used singly or in combination with wood ash.
Perspectives
Putting together this works, the authors have contributed to the improvement of soil fertility in the rural areas as well in urban agriculture which include gardening and backyard cultivation. The authors have also succeeded to build soil fertility improvement around the affordable materials such as Cocoa bean testa ash.
Michael Rotimi Olojugba
University of the Gambia
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This page is a summary of: Combine Use of Dry Cocoa Bean Testa Ash and Wood Ash for Soil Fertility Improvement and Maize Yield on Degraded Tropical Humid Alfisol, Southwestern Nigeria, International Journal of Plant & Soil Science, July 2019, Sciencedomain International,
DOI: 10.9734/ijpss/2019/v29i130131.
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