Abstract
Owing to aridity in our agro-ecosystem, mineralization of organic substrate is quite rapid and thereafter volatilized due to lower matrix affinity. In these consequences, the study has been chalked out with the hypothesis to alter the best approaches for mineralization of available organic resources as soil supplement to reduce the economic burden on the farming community. Our laboratory study showed the sequential temporal variations in physic-chemical properties of available organic substrates such as farm manure and sugar industry waste during composting/vermicomposting. The organic material obtained from the farm manure of live-stock farm and another sources of industrial organic waste {sugarcane baggase (SCB), pressmud (SPM), mixture of SCB, SPM and sugarcane effluent} were used for this mineralization perspectives. However, all organic substrates properties remained static except moisture up to a period of 21 days. Thereafter, these produced and processed matrix was subsequently composted and vermicomposted during 45 days under normal shade. No earthworms were spiked in composting while Lumbricus rubellus collected near vicinity of research area were inoculated at the rate of 50 g/kg of waste in vermicomposting. Contrarily, their applications was mandated as and when required policy subsequently. Moisture and temperature status of substrates were monitored regularly. However, compost/vermicompost substrates were assessed @ 15 days interval to evaluate temporal changes in physico-chemical characteristics. Vermicomposting of farm manure and sugar industry wastes produced best quality manure with enriched nutritional status comprising more OC (4 %), N (3 %), P (2 %), K (7 %), Ca (3.5 %), Na (2.5 %), SO 4 −2 (3.1 %) and B (twofold) as compared to composting. Inoculation of local specie for vermicomposting is a viable option to be recommended to the farming community.
Highlights
The earth being a natural planet is practically involved in the service of mankind through many attributes (Rockstrom et al 2009)
It was noted that less net retention capacity of various available organic raw sources was observed for moisture contents in farm manure (-2.62 %) as compared to sugarcane baggase (-2.41 %), pressmud (-1.51 %) and their mixture (-1.19 %) respectively, under composting practice only
Less net retention capacity of various available organic raw sources was observed for moisture contents in farm manure (-3.19 %) as compared to pressmud (-2.48 %), sugarcane baggase (-2.32 %), and their mixture (-2.16 %) respectively, under vermicomposting practice
Summary
The earth being a natural planet is practically involved in the service of mankind through many attributes (Rockstrom et al 2009). It has been playing pivotal role for the sustainability of this universe (Schellnhuber 2004). Major role has been exploited by the mankind need. This could be emphasized by only providing the humanity as food, feed and shelter. There is a great need for the development of a suitable, inexpensive and rapid wastewater treatment techniques and reuse or conservation methods in the present century. The different types of water treatment and recycling techniques have been discussed in terms of their basic principles, applications, costs, maintenance and
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