1) The document provides information about vermicomposting and its benefits. Vermicomposting uses earthworms to convert organic wastes into a nutrient-rich fertilizer. 2) Vermicompost improves soil properties like structure and nutrient content. It enhances microbial activity and plant growth. 3) The document discusses how vermicompost can replace chemical fertilizers while improving soil health, plant nutrition, and sustainability in agriculture.

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2. VERMICOMPOST ?
Vermicomposting is the process of conversion of organic wastes into
finely degraded peat like substances using earthworms. All composting
methods can be used for the vermicomposting instead earthworms are used in
vermicomposting after partial decomposition of the waste materials.
Vermicompost is a biofertilizer enriched with all beneficial soil microbes and
also contains all the essential plant nutrients like N, P and K. Vermicompost
that is prepared through conventional method has standard values of total
nitrogen: 1.94%, phosphorus: 0.47% and potassium: 0.70%. It is also enriched
with various micronutrients such as Mg (0.46%), Fe (7563 ppm), Zn (278
ppm), Mn (475 ppm), Bo (34 ppm), Cu (27 ppm). Thus, eliminate usage of
any further artificial chemical inputs. Further, nutrients in vermicompost are
often much higher than traditional garden compost (Alam et. al., 2007).
Vermicompost plays a major role in improving growth and yield of different
field crops, vegetables, flower and fruit crops.

3. Benefits of vermicompost in agriculture and how it works
Soil biological properties
The earthworms, acting as eco-biological
engineers, change the properties of soil that
has previously been contaminated with
pesticides and reclaim it producing microbial
enrichments and nutrients. Vermiculture heavily
influences nutrient cycling and increases
resistance to fungal disease and crop pathogens.
Through the long-term use of vermicompost, soil
fertility is enhanced and there is a
significant reduction to the use and dependency
of harmful chemicals. Even though
vermicompost’s nutritional value may vary
depending on the organic waste that is used, its
nutritional profile is overall higher when
compared to traditional compost.

4. Around 820 million people in the world today are malnourished due to the inaccessibility to
nutritious food. Millions of other people in developing countries suffer from acute poisoning
due to the use of chemical fertilizers, many of whom die as a result. Consequently, it is
imperative to eradicate the excessive use of chemical fertilizers in food production.
Vermicomposting contributes to many environmental benefits, including waste recycling. Each
year, with the increment in human population and consumerism, urban areas produce
approximately 1.3 billion tons of waste and, by 2025, it is predicted to be at the rate of 2.200
billion tons per year. The production of vermicompost allocates and repurposes most of these
wastes, as earthworms feed on (vermi-meal) industrial, urban, domestic, agricultural, animal,
paper and solid waste, and even wastewater.
Social and environmental protection

5. Profitability
Vermicompost can be just as profitable for both the manufacturer as it is to the consumer, in
addition to promoting social responsibility. This compost has proven to have a better benefit-
cost ratio along better net profits, with a feasible financial viability. It can also increase technical
efficiency and productivity in farming, as well as an enhanced plant growth. Vermiculture also
reduces and eventually eradicates the need of chemical fertilizers which, in Turkey’s
case, continue to increase in cost. As the global demand for chemical fertilizers has increased, so
has its prices all around the world.

6. 1) In Soil
1. Improving the soil texture, improving aeration, and helping plant
roots anchor better in the earth.
2. Increasing the soil water retention capacity of soil.
3. Enriches soil with micro-organisms.
4. Microbial activity in worm castings is 10 to 20 times higher than that
in the normal soil and organic matter that the worm ingests.
5. Addition of vermicompost to soil attracts deep-burrowing
earthworms already present in the soil
6. Improves water holding capacity.
7. The worm castings are rich in humic acids, which condition the soil
and helps in balance pH.
8. Improves nutrient recycling in soil.
9. Finished vermicompost can be mixed directly into the soil as a soil
amendment, as plant medium or used to make compost tea
5. Benefits of Vermicompost

7. 2) Plant Growth
Enhances germination, plant growth, and
yield of the crop.
Improves root growth and structure of plant
in the porous soil.
Enriches soil with microbial biomass.
Worm casting also contains the worm’s gut
bacteria and mucus,
substances that make nutrients and minerals
easier for plants to
absorb.
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3) Nutrients
Provides plants with essential nutrients and
aids in the suppression of
plant diseases.
Worm castings contain five times more
nitrogen, seven times more
phosphorus, and eleven times more potassium
than ordinary soil, the
main minerals needed for plant growth
Effect of Vermicompost on Plant Growth and
Yield Attributes of
Crop