Eco-Agriculture for effective solid waste management in Minna, Nigeria

Abstract

The increasing volume of solid waste generated, collected and deposited daily complicates adequate management of solid waste by relevant agency like Niger State Environmental Protection Agency (NISEPA) in addition, the impacts of solid waste on the natural environment and human livelihood require identification of cost-effective ways for sustainable municipal waste management in Nigeria. This signal the need for identifying environment-friendly initiative and local solution to address the problem of municipal solid waste. a research field was secured at Pago, Minna, Niger State which is located in the Guinea Savannah belt of Nigeria within Longitude 6N 36 43-45 and Latitude 9N 29 37 61-62N Poultry droppings, decomposed household waste manure and NPK treatment were used. The experimental field was divided into three replications and four (4) treatments on each replications making a total of twelve (12) plots. The treatments were allotted using Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) and data collected was analyzed using SPSS software and RCBD. The result depict variation in plant height and number of leaves at 50% flowering, poultry dropping records the highest heights while the number of leaves for waste manure competes fairly well with NPK treatment. Similarly, the varying treatments significantly increased vegetable yield, as the control (non-treatment) records the least yield for the three vegetable samples. Adoption of this organic manure for cultivation does not only enhance environment quality and attainment of food security but will contribute to local economic development, poverty alleviation as well as social inclusion