@article{fdi:010053344,
  title = {{U}sefulness of {TAO} model to predict and manage the transformation in soil of carbon and nitrogen forms from {W}est-{A}frica urban solid wastes},
  author = {{K}abore, {W}. {T}. and {P}ansu, {M}arc and {H}ien, {E}. and {H}ouot, {S}. and {Z}ombr{\'e}, {N}. {P}. and {M}asse, {D}ominique},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {TAO} model of {T}ransformation of {A}dded {O}rganic materials ({AOM}) calibrated on {AOM}s and substrates of temperate areas was used to assess the transformations in soil of carbon and nitrogen forms of {AOM}s: raw materials, selected mixtures and composts from {O}uagadougou urban wastes. {AOM}s were studied in terms of chemical and biochemical contents and for their {C} and {N} mineralization during incubations in a typical {F}erric {L}ixisol of the sub-urban agriculture of {O}uagadougou. {T}he {TAO} model was used to predict the transformations of {C} (very labile, resistant and stable organic {C}) and {N} (very labile, resistant and stable organic {N}, produced and immobilized inorganic {N}) forms driven by {AOM} biochemical data. {W}ithout any change in calibration formulae, {TAO} predicted accurately the {C} transformations and inorganic {N} production of most of the tested {AOM}s, with a tendency to slightly overestimate {C} mineralization of previously well-composted materials and re-mineralization of immobilized {N}. {C}omplementary adjustments using more complete data from laboratory experiments are suggested, but the model agrees with other data collected in the field and appears as a promising tool to optimise the management of urban wastes in the tropical area as well as for agro industrial organic fertilizers of the temperate zone. {T}his application suggests ways to improve the management of urban wastes aiming to optimize agricultural yields, system sustainability and {C} sequestration in soil.},
  keywords = {},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{W}aste {M}anagement},
  volume = {31},
  numero = {1},
  pages = {154--167},
  ISSN = {0956-053{X}},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.wasman.2010.06.010},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053344},
}