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About
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Vermicomposting, or worm composting, turns kitchen scraps and other green waste into a rich, dark soil that smells like earth and feels like magic. Made of almost pure worm castings, it’s a sort of super compost. Not only is it rich in nutrients but it’s also loaded with the microorganisms that create and maintain healthy soil. The term vermiculture mainly refers to the scientific process of cultivating worms or artificial rearing of worms to decompose organic food wastes into a nutrient-rich material. The output of vermiculture is called vermicompost and is formed by the process in which earthworms consume the farmyard manure and roughages in addition to the wastes from farms and thereby producing it. The produced vermicompost is rich in terms of nutrients and other plant growth-promoting substances, which are capable of supplying necessary mineral nutrients to help and sustain plants growth.
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Aim :
The aim of module
was to make students aware about vermiculture and vermicomposting in the field of
education.
Objectives :
- To enable the farmer to produce nutrient rich compost from the available farm waste
and thereby to improve soil fertility.
- Vermi composting is an excellent method of recycling of Farm and home waste.
- It is essential to establish Vermi composting units at Farmyards and Backyards.
- To aware the students and society to use chemical free Vermicompost as an organic
fertilizer for agriculture.
Advantages of Vermicompost :
- In fact, vermicompost can enhance soil fertility physically, chemically and biologically.
- Physically, vermicompost-treated soil has better aeration, porosity, bulk density
and water retention.
- Chemical properties such as pH, electrical conductivity and organic matter content
are also improved for better crop yield.
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