Journal of
Soil Science and Environmental Management

  • Abbreviation: J. Soil Sci. Environ. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2391
  • DOI: 10.5897/JSSEM
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 314

Full Length Research Paper

Assessment of smallholder farmers’ perceptions and degree of adoption of Tithonia diversifolia compost in addressing declining soil fertility in Ming’ongo Extension Planning Areas, Lilongwe, Malawi

MLANGENI Noel Jekemu Thembachako Angstone
Basics Programme, NR Department, Natural Resources College, P. O. Box 143, Lilongwe, Malawi.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Received: 25 August 2014
  •  Accepted: 09 January 2015
  •  Published: 31 March 2015

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