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Research shows aloe vera peels useful as natural insecticide

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Research has shown that disposed aloe vera peels can be used as a natural insecticide to safeguard staple foods from insects. Dr. Debasish Bandyopadhyay, a physiologist at the University of Calcutta, and his colleagues showed how aloe vera peels can act as a natural insecticide, staving off insects from crops such as maize or millet. …

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Reuse of urine fertilised and not fertilised basil experiment part I

Human urine gives equal crop yields to chemical fertilisers

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By George Munene According to a guide on The Use Of Urine In Crop Production by the Stockholm Environment Institute, urine is a well-balanced nitrogen-rich fertilizer that can replace and normally gives the same yields as chemical fertilisers in crop production. In field research done in Burkina Faso, the yields from urine-fertilized crops did not …

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