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Calculation of the Potential Biogas and Electricity Values of Animal Wastes: Turkey and Poland Case

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Treatment of anaerobically digested pig manure by applying membrane processes for nutrient recovery and antibiotics removal

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Factors Influencing the Impact of Anaerobic Digestates on Soil Properties

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Nitrification of the liquid phase of digestate can help with the reduction of nitrogen losses

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Quality of Sugar Beets under the Effects of Digestate Application to the Soil

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Bottom-up assessment of local agriculture, forestry and urban waste potentials towards energy autonomy of isolated regions: Example of Réunion

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Management of Sewage Sludge for Environmental Sustainability

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Effects of 5 years of digestate application on biomass production and quality of cocksfoot (Dactylis glomerata L.)

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Valorization of extracted organic matter from municipal solid waste leachate: Application to soils from France and Togo

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Effect of Pretreatment on Hydraulic Performance of the Integrated Membrane Process for Concentrating Nutrient in Biogas Digestate from Swine Manure

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Recycled nutrients as a phosphorus source for Canadian organic agriculture: a perspective

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Benefits and drawbacks of combined plant and mushroom production in substrate based on biogas digestate and peat

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Impacts of Biogas Digestate on Crop Production and the Environment: A Bulgarian Case Study

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Biogas Production by Pilot-Scale Anaerobic Co-Digestion and Life Cycle Assessment Using a Real Scale Scenario: Independent Parameters and Co-Substrates Influence

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Biogas and digestate production from food waste: a case study of dome digester in Morocco

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Effects of anaerobic digestion on soil carbon and nitrogen turnover, N emissions, and soil biological activity. A review

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Biofertilization of biogas digestates: An insight on nutrient management, soil microbial diversity and greenhouse gas emission

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Anaerobic Digestate as a Soil Amendment: Impacts on Crop Production, Soil Ecology, and Environmental Quality. A review

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Optimizing use of anaerobic digestate as a soil amendment in agriculture

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Influence of anaerobic digestate type on nitrogen dynamics and leaching losses across two soils

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