Abstract
Rural composting means a biochemical process in which diverse and mixed groups of micro-organisms breakdown organic materials to a humus-like substance which is similar in properties to farmyard manure. Rural compost has a lower bulk volume than the original raw organic material, is stable in nature, has a slow decomposition rate and can be returned to the soil without destruction of its high energy value. The process of composting poses neither hazard to human health nor to the environment, it is therefore, a desirable method of recycling rural organic residues. In other
Highlights
Rural composting means a biochemical process in which diverse and mixed groups of micro-organisms breakdown organic materials to a humus-like substance which is similar in properties to farmyard manure
There are several reasons for using compost but its main contribution is as a supplier of humus substances to soil, supplementing major plant nutrients (NPK) and being a good source for providing micronutrients whose deficiencies are showing up with intensive cropping and high productivity targets Sidhu et al [1]
Organic materials: Rural compost is prepared from organic residues such as crop residues, water hyacinth and other weeds, cattle dung, cattle urine and other animal wastes, the organic substance undergo intensive decomposition under thermophilic and mesophilic conditions in heaps or pits with adequate moisture and yield a dark colored humified material in three to six months which is more stable in form, valuable for replenishment of plant nutrients, maintenance of soil organic matter and in improving and maintenance of soil fertility
Summary
Livleen Shukla1*, Satish Devram Lande, Indra Mani Mishra, Archna Suman, Annapurna K1 and Vikram Sharma. Rural composting means a biochemical process in which diverse and mixed groups of micro-organisms breakdown organic materials to a humus-like substance which is similar in properties to farmyard manure. Rural compost has a lower bulk volume than the original raw organic material, is stable in nature, has a slow decomposition rate and can be returned to the soil without destruction of its high energy value. The process of composting poses neither hazard to human health nor to the environment, it is a desirable method of recycling rural organic residues. In other words, composting is the process by which organic materials are transformed into soil building substances for the farm, orchard or garden
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