aquatic weed harvester Articles

A rainfall simulator was used to measure the ability of compost prepared from harvested aquatic weed (AWC) to reduce runoff and erosion from experimental plots compared with a bare earth control and commercially produced composted mulch and soil conditioners. A 1 in 10 year intensity rainfall event (67 mm hr-1) was applied to each plot for 30 min and runoff water was captured and water volume ...

Mar. 29, 2009

By BioCycle Magazine

Farming must feed more people more sustainably. Zareen Bharucha looks at scientific approaches past and present. Advances in agricultural science and technology (S&T) have contributed to remarkable increases in ...

Oct. 15, 2013

By SciDev.Net