It is an eco-friendly concept of waste management where decomposition process is aided by microorganisms. Vermicomposting is one of the many potential approaches that have gained significant attention over decades. After consuming so much chemicals during the green revolution era, the soil eventually became unproductive due to a lack of sufficient organic matter amendments. Unscientific management of these wastes causing social, economic, and environmental problems. Rapid urbanization and industrial growth is worrisome with respect to huge amount of waste generation.
Sustainability is a concept of utilizing the natural resources without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own needs. The technology advancement and industrialization has created many challenges associated with sustainability. Factor productivity of the soil is also decreasing due to injudicious fertilization. Increasing population and food demand has forced the farming community to apply excess amount of chemical fertilizer that leads to degradation of soil health and causing environmental pollution. So, economic viability, environmental stability, and enhancing livelihood quality are the major causes for its worldwide adoption in food production. Therefore, vermicompost use is more economical than synthetic organic fertilizer. Vermicomposting is also affordable for resource poor small and marginal farmers.
Use of vermicompost increases growth and proliferation of microbes that amplify environment’s betterment. Microbes are the fundamental element of ecosystem. Vermicompost not only balance underground soil environment and makes is a suitable habitat for soil micro biota but also improves above ground environment. Vermicomposting is a process of scientifically decomposing agricultural, municipality, and industrial wastes into nutrient enriched compost by earthworms. It becomes a trend to apply excess amount of fertilizer for enhancing productivity without considering its effect on soil health. Proper nutrient management is one of them. Agricultural production depends on so many things.
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