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Synergistic effects of biochar and the importance of feedstock composition during co-composting food waste and livestock manure

Balasubramani Ravindran, Soon Woong Chang, S. Maragathavalli, Sung Su Kim, Natchimuthu Karmegam, Mohammed Junaid Hussain Dowlath, Jothiramalingam Rajabathar, Hamad Al-Lohedan, P. Maharaja, C. Thamaraiselvi

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