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FarmLime manual for small-scale production of agricultural lime

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Publication date
19/06/2006
Language:
English
Type of Publication:
Studies
Focus Region:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Focus Topic:
Agricultural Value Chains / Agri-Businesses
Type of Risk:
Biological & environmental
Commodity:
Crops
Source
http://www.dfid.gov.uk/r4d/PDF/Outputs/Geoscience/R7410c.pdf
Author
Mitchell, C.J.; Mwanza, M.

Agricultural lime is typically produced by the extraction, crushing and milling of dolomite; however industrial scale plants are scarce in many parts of the less developed world. This manual is a concise guide to the small-scale production of agricultural lime.