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Organic Fertilizers: Potentialities and Problems investigates various aspects of organic fertilizers and problems related with these fertilizers. It includes the meaning of organic fertilizers and their benefits along with its environmental effects and production methodologies. Provide the reader with the insights into the development of organic fertilizers keeping chemical fertilizers aside, so as to understand the potential of these fertilizers along with the future of bio-fertilizers.
About the author
Dr Ghazala Yaqub is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences and a member of Academic Council at Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, a well reputed and prestigious institute in Pakistan. She graduated with a Ph.D. degree in Chemistry in 2011. She did her Post-Doctorate research at the University of Wollongong Australia. She is an author of various research articles and books. Dr. Yaqub was awarded Australian Excellence Award in recognition of her research outputs and community services in 2016. She is recently appointed as an Australian Award Ambassador for Pakistan.
Summary
Organic fertilizers are an essential source for plant nutrients and a soil conditioner in agriculture. This book explains how to use such organic fertilizers as compost, green sand, mulch, bone meal, and green manure to keep soil healthy with some real examples extending the concepts in organic fertilizers that may stimulate new research ideas and trends in the relevant fields.
