Changes in Physical Properties of Red Soils "Terre de Barre” in South of Togo Under Different Compost Application Doses

Alate Koffi-Kouma Akouete; Mawussi Gbenonchi; Ayisah Kwasi Dzola; Sanda Komla

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Changes in Physical Properties of Red Soils "Terre de Barre” in South of Togo Under Different Compost Application Doses

Alate Koffi-Kouma Akouete, Mawussi Gbenonchi, Ayisah Kwasi Dzola, Sanda Komla

Published in American Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics (Volume 4, Issue 4)

Received: 6 November 2019 Accepted: 7 December 2019 Published: 23 December 2019

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This work deals with assessing the impact of compost of household waste and poultry manure on physical properties of red soils commonly called “Terre de barre” in southern Togo. Field experiments were conducted in coastal zone of Togo during four seasons of crops alternating tomato-maize-tomato- maize. Two types of composts were applied at doses of 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40 t ha-1 respectively. One of the composts was elaborated with 100% of household solid wastes and the other with 70% of household wastes mixed with 30% of poultry manure. On each plot, composts were incorporated into the soil depth layers of 0 – 15 cm. Soil samples were randomly collected in surface layer (0 - 15 cm) from plots for measurement of organic matter content, bulk density, total porosity and moisture content. Soil water infiltration rates were measured in situ in the field using infiltration rate double ring cylinder. The results showed that composts affected the soil parameters studied. Soil bulk densities were reduced. However, organic matter content, total porosity, moisture retention and water infiltration rate increased with compost application doses increasing. Finally, it can be concluded that household waste compost has pronounced effects on the physical properties of red soils in southern Togo. Composting of household urban solid wastes will solve environmental problem and will contribute to improve soil quality and agricultural productivity.

Published in	American Journal of Environmental and Resource Economics (Volume 4, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajere.20190404.17
Page(s)	159-164
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Household Waste Compost, Soil Physical Properties Improvement, Bulk Density, Porosity, Moisture Content, Water Infiltration

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Alate Koffi-Kouma Akouete, Mawussi Gbenonchi, Ayisah Kwasi Dzola, Sanda Komla. Changes in Physical Properties of Red Soils "Terre de Barre” in South of Togo Under Different Compost Application Doses. Am J Environ Resour Econ. 2019;4(4):159-164. doi: 10.11648/j.ajere.20190404.17

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Alate Koffi-Kouma Akouete

Department of Soil Sciences, Laboratory of Research on Agroresources and Environmental Health, Higher Agronomy School, University of Lome, Lome, Togo
Mawussi Gbenonchi

Department of Soil Sciences, Laboratory of Research on Agroresources and Environmental Health, Higher Agronomy School, University of Lome, Lome, Togo
Ayisah Kwasi Dzola

Department of Phytotechny and Plant Breeding, Higher Agronomy School, University of Lome, Lome, Togo
Sanda Komla

Department of Soil Sciences, Laboratory of Research on Agroresources and Environmental Health, Higher Agronomy School, University of Lome, Lome, Togo

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  abstract = {This work deals with assessing the impact of compost of household waste and poultry manure on physical properties of red soils commonly called “Terre de barre” in southern Togo. Field experiments were conducted in coastal zone of Togo during four seasons of crops alternating tomato-maize-tomato- maize. Two types of composts were applied at doses of 0, 10, 20, 30 and 40 t ha-1 respectively. One of the composts was elaborated with 100% of household solid wastes and the other with 70% of household wastes mixed with 30% of poultry manure. On each plot, composts were incorporated into the soil depth layers of 0 – 15 cm. Soil samples were randomly collected in surface layer (0 - 15 cm) from plots for measurement of organic matter content, bulk density, total porosity and moisture content. Soil water infiltration rates were measured in situ in the field using infiltration rate double ring cylinder. The results showed that composts affected the soil parameters studied. Soil bulk densities were reduced. However, organic matter content, total porosity, moisture retention and water infiltration rate increased with compost application doses increasing. Finally, it can be concluded that household waste compost has pronounced effects on the physical properties of red soils in southern Togo. Composting of household urban solid wastes will solve environmental problem and will contribute to improve soil quality and agricultural productivity.},
 year = {2019}
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