Soil property and fertility improvement through composting using Trichoderma, Philippines

Soil property and fertility improvement through composting using Trichoderma, Philippines

Year of publication 2013

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) This good practice option was tested in the project “Enhanced Climate Change Adaptation Capacity of Communities in Contiguous Fragile Ecosystems in the Cordilleras (2009 – 2011). Through the active participation and involvement of local stakeholders and end-users in both training and field demonstration activities, the project identified rapid composting using Trichoderma as a location-specific and appropriate option for climate change adaptation in selected representative sites for low, middle and high elevation in Benguet and Ifugao.

Language English

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