The characteristics of organic fertilizer made of cow feces using the Indigenous Micro-Organisms (IMO) from raw manures

Abstract

Raw manures are very potential if it can be processed into Indigenous Micro-Organisms (IMO) and organic fertilizers. It has sustainable availability in large number, yet if it is not processed into the useful matter, it causes water and air pollution. IMO is a kind of biological products which can be used as decomposers in the production of organic fertilizers, yet it is almost unknown to the public. The IMO of raw manures is cheaper, easier to produce and more economical than IMO of commercial products such as EM4 or others. The making of the IMO used the experimental method called Complete Randomized Design (CRD) in which 5 treatments were given by using raw manures from the different animal such as cow, goat, rabbit, quail, and chicken with 4 replications for each. The result IMO was further examined for the moisture content, pH value, total plate count, lactic acid bacteria count, fungal count, and N. Then the IMO was applied in the production of organic fertilizer from cow feces with 21 days fermentation time, then it is further examined for the value of moisture content, pH, N, P, K, and C/N ratio. If the results of variance analysis (ANOVA) showed a significant effect then it is proceeded by Duncan’s test. Based on the research results, it is obtained that IMO of quail feces produce organic fertilizer with the highest N, P, K content.