LPM 121: Fodder Production and Grassland Management (1+1)

REQUIREMENTS OF VERMICOMPOST

Housing:

• Sheltered culturing of worms is recommended to protect the worms from excessive sunlight and rain.
• All the entrepreneurs have set up their units in vacant cowsheds, poultry sheds, basements and back yards.

Containers:

• Cement tanks were constructed. These were separated in half by a dividing wall. Another set of tanks were also constructed for preliminary decomposition.

Bedding and feeding materials:

• Cowdung is used in the bedding material in order to breed sufficient numbers of earthworms.
• Once the earthworm multiply in sufficient numbers, one can start using all kinds of organic waste.