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{| cellspacing="2" cellpadding="5" border="1" style="width: 100%"
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! style="width: 30%;  background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153)" | Source
! style="width: 30%;  background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153)" | Biodegradable material
! style="width: 30%;  background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153)" | N<br/>[%]
! style="width: 30%;  background-color: rgb(153, 153, 153)" | C/N
|-
| rowspan="21" style="vertical-align: top" | Maramba, Felix: Biogas and Waste Recycling - The Phillipine Experience; Metro Manila, Phillipines, 1978, p. 43
| colspan="3" | A. Animal Dung
|-
| 1. Hog
| 2.8
| 13.7
|-
| 2. Carabao
| 1.6
| 23.1
|-
| 3. Cow
| 1.8
| 19.9
|-
| 4. Chicken
| 3.7
| 9.65
|-
| 5. Duck
| 0.8
| 27.4
|-
| 6. Pugo
| 5.0
| 6.74
|-
| colspan="3" | Household Wastes
|-
| 1. Nightsoil
| 7.1
| 6.72
|-
| 2. Kitchen waste
| 1.9
| 28.60
|-
| colspan="3" | C. Crop Residues (air-dry)
|-
| 1. Corn stalks
| 1.2
| 56.6
|-
| 2. Rice straw
| 0.7
| 51.0
|-
| 3. Corn cobs
| 1.0
| 49.9
|-
| 4. Peanut hulls
| 1.7
| 31.0
|-
| 5. Cogon
| 1 07
| -
|-
| 6. Bagasse
| 0.40
| -
|-
| colspan="3" | D. Others
|-
| 1. Kangkong
| 4.3
| 7.8
|-
| 2. Water lily
| 2.9
| 11.4
|-
| 3. Grass trimmings
| 2.5
| 15.7
|-
| rowspan="11" style="vertical-align: top" | Barnett, A. et al.: Biogas Technology in the Third World; Ottawa, Canada, 1978, p. 51
| Night soil
| 6
| 6-10
|-
| Cow manure
| 1.7
| 18
|-
| Chicken manure
| 6.3
| 7.3
|-
| Horse manure
| 2.3
| 25
|-
| Hay, grass
| 4
| 12
|-
| Hay, alfalfa
| 2.8
| 17
|-
| Seaweed
| 1.9
| 79
|-
| Oat straw
| 1.1
| 48
|-
| Wheat straw
| 0.5
| 150
|-
| Bagasse
| 0.3
| 150
|-
| Sawdust
| 0.1
| 200-500
|-
| rowspan="22" style="vertical-align: top" | Kaltwasser, Bernd: Biogas; Wiesbaden, FRG, 1980, pp. 35-36
| Night soil
| 6.0
| 5.9-10
|-
| Cow manure
| 1.7
| 16.6-25
|-
| Pig manure
| 3.8
| 6.2-12.5
|-
| Chicken droppings
| 6.3
| 5-7.1
|-
| Horse manure
| 2.3
| 25
|-
| Sheep manure
| 3.8
| 33
|-
| Hay
| 4.0
| 12.5-25
|-
| Lucernes
| 2.8
| 16.6
|-
| Algae
| 1.9
| 100
|-
| Oat straw
| 1.1
| 50
|-
| Wheat straw
| 0.5
| 100-125
|-
| Cane trash (bagasse)
| 0.3
| 140
|-
| Sawdust
| 0.1
| 200-500
|-
| Cabbage
| 3.6
| 12.5
|-
| Tomatoes
| 3.3
| 12.5
|-
| Mustard (runch)
| 1.5
| 25
|-
| Potato peels
| 1.5
| 25
|-
| Rice straw
| 0.6
| 67
|-
| Corn straw
| 0.8
| 50
|-
| Fallen leaves
| 1.0
| 50
|-
| Soybean stalks
| 1.3
| 33
|-
| Peanut shoots
| 0.6
| 20
|}
'''Table B2: Nitrogen-content and C/N-ratio data for a selection of organic substrates, compiled from various sources<ref name="Production and Utilization of Biogas in Rural Areas of Industrialized and Developing Countries, Schriftenreihe der gtz, No. 97, pp. 71-72">Production and Utilization of Biogas in Rural Areas of Industrialized and Developing Countries, Schriftenreihe der gtz, No. 97, pp. 71-72</ref>'''

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