Journal of Emerging Trends in Engineering and Applied Sciences: Research Areas

Abstract:
Food and agriculture offers key solutions for sustainable development and is central for hunger eradication and job creation. The decline and lark of inorganic fertilizer for the local farmers to ensure availability of food in Nigeria has been a cause for concern. In the same vein, appropriate technology for small scale manufacture of inorganic fertilizers to improve crop yields are in short supply. This paper reports studies carried out first to formulate NPK (Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium) (15:15:15) chemical fertilizer through basic and accurate experimental processes. It goes further to show how a model pan granulating machine was designed and manufactured such that it works effortlessly and efficiently to give typical fertilizer granules. And lastly it evaluates the results from agricultural experiments carried out on maize plant to prove that the fertilizer granules produced is potent and compares favorably with the performance of commercial fertilizer.

Keywords: fertilizer, development, granulation, sustainable, randomized,

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