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Vermitech: Turning Organic Waste into Fertilizer

Learn about vermitechnology, a sustainable method using earthworms for composting organic waste to produce biofertilizer. Discover its benefits for the environment and agriculture, and explore the potential for entrepreneurial ventures.

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Vermitech: Turning Organic Waste into Fertilizer

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  1. NON MAJOR ELECTIVEVERMITECHNOLOGY OFFERED BY B. Sc Zoology

  2. COMPOST • Solid waste is the one of the biggest environmental challenges facing the world today due to increasing population and urbanisation. • Composting is a natural process of organic waste treatment which is currently practised with various modification to the technology

  3. VERMITECHNOLOGY • Vemitechnology is globally becoming a popular solid waste management technique • Vermitechnology is a process by which the bioconversion of organic waste into a biofertilizer due to earthworms activity. The earthworms feed on the organic wastes and the earthworms gut acts as bioreactor whereby the vermicasts are produced.

  4. ORGANIC WASTES • Animal manure • Crop residue • Sugarcane trash • Vegetable /fruit residue • Leaf litter • Food waste • Any biodegradable waste

  5. TYPES OF EARTHWORMSUSED FOR COMPOSTING • Anecic: Earthworms feed on decaying organic matters. Which are responsible for cycling organic debris into humus • Endogeic: These worms spending their lives deep in the soil where they feed on decayed matter and mineral soil particle. These worms build burrows. • Epigeic species : These are found in the natural environment in the top soil layer where they feed on decaying organic matter

  6. Lampitomauritii Perionyx excavatus Species used for culture

  7. LIFE CYCLE OF EAQRTHWORM

  8. WHERE I CAN DO COMPOSTING • In pits, crates, tanks, concrete rings, or any containers

  9. SIGNIFICANCE OF VERMICOMPOST • Vermicompost is a low cost technology use to treat organic wastes. It stimulates Plant growth and productivity of soil. It also have positive effects on some aromatic and medicinal plants • Vermicompost constitute a promising alternative to inorganic fertilizers. It acts as a “Soil Conditioner” and its continued application over the years lead to total improvement in the quality of soil and farmland. Vermicompost significantly reduce or even replace the use of “dangerous agrochemicals”, reduce the demand of water for irrigation, pest and disease control • It develops the economy and ecology of the Nation

  10. Benefits of learning the technique • You can make use of vermicompost to make your own terrace garden/kitchen/home garden

  11. MARKETOPPURTUNITY • Vermicompost organic fertilizer production business has good sale potential • If you learn the technology of vermicompost even you can be an entrepreneur in this field

  12. THANK YOU

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