Organic wastes from bioenergy and ecological sanitation as a soil fertility improver: a field experiment in a tropical Andosol

Krause, Ariane; Nehls, Thomas; George, Eckhard; Kaupenjohann, Martin

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-147-2016

Articles | Volume 2, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-147-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-2-147-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 2, issue 2

Original research article

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21 Apr 2016

Original research article |

| 21 Apr 2016

Organic wastes from bioenergy and ecological sanitation as a soil fertility improver: a field experiment in a tropical Andosol

Ariane Krause, Thomas Nehls, Eckhard George, and Martin Kaupenjohann

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RC C670: 'Comments on the manuscript "Organic wastes from bioenergy and ecological sanitation as soil fertility improver: a field experiment in a tropical Andosol" (soil-2015-75)', Anonymous Referee #1, 11 Jan 2016
- AC C742: 'Author's response', Ariane Krause, 10 Feb 2016
RC C676: 'Review of Manuscript Soil-2015-75', Anonymous Referee #2, 12 Jan 2016
- AC C747: 'Author's response', Ariane Krause, 10 Feb 2016
RC C678: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 13 Jan 2016
- AC C754: 'Author's response', Ariane Krause, 10 Feb 2016
AC C757: 'Final author's comment related to the provided comments', Ariane Krause, 10 Feb 2016

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Reconsider after major revisions (16 Feb 2016) by Fuensanta García-Orenes

AR by Ariane Krause on behalf of the Authors (29 Mar 2016) Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (07 Apr 2016) by Fuensanta García-Orenes

ED: Publish as is (10 Apr 2016) by Lily Pereg (deceased) (Executive editor)

AR by Ariane Krause on behalf of the Authors (13 Apr 2016) Author's response Manuscript

Short summary

In a field experiment in Tanzania, we used substrates from local projects as soil amenders for intercropping relevant local crops, aiming to advance the practical application of known principles for smallholder agriculture in SSA, i.e. biochar and biogas application and EcoSan practices. We studied the short-term effects on crop productivity, plant nutrition and soil properties. By mitigating P scarcity and acidification, yields were increased by up to 400 % compared to the control.