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Published: 2002

Closing the rural-urban nutrient cycle?

Closing the rural-urban nutrient cycle?
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Fast-growing cities in sub-Saharan Africa challenge rural food production. Consumption- related waste, however, ends up in urban latrines, drains or landfills, transforming cities into vast nutrient sinks. Composting this waste for agriculture could bring ‘rural’ nutrients back to the farmer. But how might this work?
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Pay Drechsel; Olufunke O. Cofie; George Danso

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