This study was conducted to evaluate soil fertility status in the eight major agro ecosystems viz., coconut, banana, rubber, paddy, arecanut, nutmeg, pepper and vegetables in Thrissur District, Kerala. For this, a total of 30 panchayats out of 92 were selected representing 6 agro ecological zones in the district. Surface soil samples (0-15 cm) @ one sample/ ha. were collected from dominant agro...

On-farm, intensive feeding and processing in Australian red meat, dairy pork industries produce substantial quantities of organic waste (∼79 GL·annum−1 liquid plus ∼2 megatonnes·annum−1 solid waste) management is a major cost (∼180 million dollars. annum−1 for meat processing). Anaerobic digestion can instead extract value from as biogas energy biofertiliser to reduce operational costs environm...