Terra Preta production from Ghanaian and Zambian soils using domestic wastes

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 24197 - 13
• Main Authors: Neina, Dora, Glaser, Bruno
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 15.10.2024; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/172; 704/47; Aerobic capacity; Aerobic conditions; Agricultural production; Amazonian dark earths; Animal manure; Animal manures; Ash; Biochar; Carbon; Carbon - analysis; Cations; Charcoal; Charcoal - analysis; Charcoal - chemistry; Charcoal residues; Climatic conditions; Ghana; Household wastes; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Kitchen wastes; multidisciplinary; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Soil - chemistry; Soil analysis; Soil fertility; Soil pH; Soil sciences; Sustainability; Waste ash; Waste management; Wastes; Zambia; Ghana; Zambia; Waste ash; Animal manure; Charcoal residues; Amazonian dark earths; Biochar; Kitchen wastes

Quests for productive soils to close yield gaps call for innovative strategies. This study tested an off-site formation of the Amazonian Terra Preta (TP) in a potential modern analogon under coastal savannah climatic conditions of Ghana. Four Ghanaian and two Zambian soils; two types of biochar (i.e...