Abstract Details

Farmer-Managed Field Trials Illustrate the Benefits of Vermicompost and Biochar for Suppressing Soil Borne Diseases and Increasing Bean Yields in Western Kenya.

Janice E. Thies¹, Dries Roobroeck², Samuel Were³, Luiza Munyua³, James Agwa⁴, Jean Bonhotal⁵ and Willis Okatch⁶, (1)Cornell University, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, US, (2)Natural Resource Management Unit, International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (CGIAR), Nairobi, Nairobi, KENYA, (3)Plant Science and Crop Protection, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya, (4)IITA, Nairobi, Kenya, (5)Cornell Waste Management Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, (6)Soil and Crop Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY