Handbook on Vermicomposting: Requirements, Methods, Advantages and Applications (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783954892761)

Now-a-days the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides in agriculture has reached its peak. This harms the human health as well as environment. The process of agricultural modernization has been an important contributing factor towards this. This deprives the land from its fertility and leaves it unfit for further agricultural operations. Hence, a better alternative of such chemical monsters is required to overcome these ill-effects. Therefore, a shift from chemical to organic farming is appreciated. Production efficiency, economic efficiency and employment generation efficiency of any system is a direct measure of its preferability. Therefore, this study deals with the requirements, methods, advantages, etc. of vermicomposting as well as its applications in agriculture. The main purpose of this process is the quick and efficient conversion of the organic waste materials into the nutritious fertilizer for plants.

Author: Manish Kumar Singh
ISBN-10: 3954892766
ISBN-13: 9783954892761
Publisher: Anchor Academic Publishing
Language: English
Published: 04/10/2014
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.34d