Research Article

Assessing Physiochemical Characteristics of Agricultural Waste and Ready Compost at Wadi Al-Far’a Watershed of Palestine

Table 1

The description of the 17 raw organic agricultural waste (a) and the 15 ready compost (b) samples.

(a) The 17 raw organic agricultural waste samples
WasteVillage
Al-Far’aAn-NassariyaTammunTalluza

Livestock manureW6W5
Poultry manureW10W11W4
Fruit residuesW8W7
Vegetable residuesW12, W14W9, W13
Field crop residuesW1W2, W3
GrassW15W16, W17

(b) The 15 ready compost samples
SourceSample Number
Imported (ready)C1, C2, C14
Produced by farmersC3, C4, C5, C6, C7, C8, C9, C10
Locally produced (ready)C11, C15
Municipal wasteC12
UnspecifiedC13