Echessa A. C. Peter

An Efficacious Supplementary Fertilizer Formulation from Agricultural Farm Biomass

Echessa A. C. Peter, Nyambaka Hudson & Changamu Evans · Chemical Science International Journal · 2019

Though composting is a practical method of recycling plant macronutrients in organic matter, it is impractical with biomass like sisal leaf wastes, horns, hooves and feathers that take long to decompose. This biomass is therefore ignored; causing waste disposal hitches and yet ar...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/CSJI/2019/v28i430145

Variation of Macronutrients in the Stover of Maize Varieties Grown in Western Kenya

Echessa A. C. Peter · International Research Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry · 2019

Large scale agricultural activities in Kenya include maize growing. Farmers plant different varieties of the species Zea mays.  Though seed companies provide seeds based on altitudes, maturing periods and yield predictability, it remains the prerogative of the farmer to make choi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/irjpac/2019/v20i230131