Vermicompost /Vermi technology /Kenchua khad bnane ki vidi or sampuran jankari/dsapqvk [kkn - mÙke tSfod [kkn/ Life cycle of earthworm
Vermicompost Vermi-technology is a process by which all types of biodegradable wastes such as farm wastes, kitchen wastes, market wastes, bio wastes of agro-based industries, livestock wastes etc. are converted to nutrient rich vermicompost by using earthworms as biological agents. Vermicompost contains major and minor nutrients in plant available forms, enzymes, vitamins and plant growth hormones. Vermitechnology is the use of surface and subsurface local varieties of earthworm in composting and management of soil (Ismail, 2005).Vermitechnology is the process of converting organic wastes, by earthworms into valuable, organic fertilizer. It is very effective eco-friendly, cheap, and easy method of recycling biodegradable waste using selected species of earthworms. Earthworms were referred by Aristotle as “The intestines of earth and the restoring agents of soil fertility” . They are biological indicators of soil