1. Introduction
Increasing soil organic matter (SOM) stocks and stability by
addition of organic amendment offers a good way to substantially
improve soil quality and therefore agricultural sustainability
[17,28,45]. Most of the studies aimed at comparing the influence of
animal waste amendment on soil quality have been done using
swine, poultry, cow or horse manure as original substrates [6,51].
However, comparatively less research had been focused on buffalo
manure, although it is often the main source of organic amendment