Estimation of Nitrate and Phosphate Leaching from Lysimeter Simulation of Rice Straw Landfill Bioreactor and Evaluation of Fertilizer Quality of Resulting Compost
Rice is the staple food in Sri Lanka where more than 40% of the farmers are engaged in paddy cultivation producing approximately 4.1 million metric tons of paddies.Cultivation of paddy results in almost the same quantity of rice straw annually out of which a very high proportion is wasted.Hence, there is an enormous potential of utilizing paddy str