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Utilizing Food Waste by Vermicomposting, Extracting Vermiwash, Castings and Increasing Relative Growth of Plants 

Published in
2011
Volume: 2
   
Issue: 11
Pages: 1241 - 1246
Abstract

With advancement in green revolution and hardcore food processing technologies, there is high production of food. Therefore surplus quantity of food has induced in humans an attitude of generating food waste. Along with this, food processing wastage is also a real problem as there are no proper ways of disposal. It is an essential requirement that we need to device and materialize certain environmentally friendly disposal methods and ultimately try to utilize these wastes. So the method that we have tried to utilize is vermin composting by inclusion of farmer’s eco friend that are earthworms of two different types African Night crawlers, American Earthworms and Indian Earthworms (Phertima posthumus). Here we are trying to make a study between these breeds and find out that which worms decomposes the wastes at a faster rate and with a higher efficacy. To decompose biodegradable wastes earthworms are an apt technology and to make the entire system into a feasible one there is also an addition of cow-dung, which is supposedly the main food ingredient for the earthworms. The dung is mixed with three kilograms of food so that it is convenient for the earthworms. Cow-dung is a very important component also because it contains aerobic and anaerobic bacteria as well which also helps in decomposition. Thus we see that the earthworms feed on these wastes and produce worm castings which can act as a solid fertilizer with more quantity of nitrogen, phosphorous and exchangeable potassium. Apart from managing these wastes our intention is also to extract vermin wash from biodegradable wastes, a liquid bio-fertilizer, so that it can help in accelerating the growth of plants by about five times with input of phosphorus, molybdenum, nitrides and other micronutrients in correct quantifiable proportions. There is also one necessary advantage that is the wastes need not to be burnt which emits carbon dioxide and other harmful gases.

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JournalInternational Journal of Chemical and Analytical Science
Open AccessYes