ICAR-CIFRI has taken a initiative to produce vermicompost from the organic waste materials
like garden waste, leaf litter, kitchen refuge, weed biomass, etc. using mixture of three earth
worms namely, Eudrilus eugeniae (Night crawler), Eisenia fetida (Red earthworm) and
Perionyx excavates. Two composting units have been installed- dig bed (Dimension- L x B x
H: 4 ft. x 2.5 ft. x 1.5 ft) and concrete erect bed (Dimension - L x B x H: 4 ft. x 1.5 ft. x 0.5
ft). Both the beds were pre-prepared with chopped banana leaves, decomposed cow dung and
partially degraded weeds biomass as composting material. Earth worms were inoculated on
31.05.2018 on the occasion of concluding day of Swachh Bharat Pakhwada, 2018. The
manure generated from the compost units will be used for nursing the CIFRI Garden.
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