Organic waste products used as fertilizers

Organic vegetable production on stock-less farms has a need of various off-farm nutrient resources. The parts of agricultural co-streams that not can be used as food or feed are relevant to be used as fertilizers for those needs. Waste products with soil or certain animal residue compounds needs to be hygienized before use on agricultural land. This can be done through a composting process at high temperature or as part of the aimed processing or industrial treatment (e.g. bio-gas facilities) that produce the co- stream material.

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Field experiment with organic waste related fertilizers, Nibio Landvik, Grimstad. Photo: Randi Seljåsen / NIBIO
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PAPER: Effects of Organic and Waste-Derived Fertilizers on Yield, Nitrogen and Glucosinolate Contents, and Sensory Quality of Broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. italica) PAPER: Multi-method comparison of carrot quality from a conventional and three organic cropping systems with increasing levels of nutrient recycling
Several co-stream products originating from food industry or household waste are relevant to be used as fertilizers. Such material, in more or less processed conditions – e.g. as residue from food industry processing or biogas production - are in the right conditions for use as fertilizer. The fertilizer effect can wary largely due to differences in mineralization time, immobilization and leaching ability which is related to climate and soil conditions.

Our research within this topic has be related to utilization of anaerobic digested food waste, shrimp shell and alga meal in comparison with animal manure and mineral fertilizers. The nitrogen use efficiency, mineralization time and product yield and quality have been studies.

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Division of Food Production and Society

Pre- and postharvest quality optimisation of organic vegetables that can stimulate an increased consumption

Organic vegetable production on stock less farms has a need of various off-farm nutrient resources. The parts of agricultural co-streams that not can be used as food or feed are relevant to be used as fertilizers for those needs. Our research within this project is related to utilization of anaerobic digested food waste, pulverized shrimp shell and alga meal in comparison with animal manure and mineral fertilizers. We have studied the nitrogen use efficiency, mineralization time, product yield, sensory quality and content of glucosinolates. Our studies was performed at two locations in Norway as a three year crop rotation with broccoli, potatoes and lettuce.

Finished Updated: 20.04.2020
End: dec 2010
Start: jan 2006