Warmest Cheer from Dr. Sultan Ismail

Picture: Dr Sultan Ismail (2nd from right).

“Congratulations to Hulu Yam farmers from

Sultan Ismail, India”

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 9:46 AM, http://huluyamfresh.blogspot.com/ wrote:

Hulu Yam Fresh S/B Natural Farming Project is successful

Please log to www.erfindia.org for earth's sake

Also read: http://www.erfindia.org/waste_resource.asp

Earthworms feed on organic waste, consuming two to five times their body weight. They use a relatively small amount of their intake for their growth and excrete the mucus coated undigested matter as vermicasts. Vermicasts consist of organic matter that has undergone physical and chemical breakdown through the activity of the muscular gizzard that grinds the material. The nutrients present in the vermicasts are readily soluble in water for uptake by plants. Vermicast is a rich source of macro and micronutrients, vitamins, enzymes, antibiotics, growth hormones and microflora.

Vermicompost refers to organic manure produced by earthworms. It is a mixture of worm castings (faecal excretions), organic material including humus, live earthworms, their cocoons and other organisms. Vermicomposting is an appropriate cost effective and efficient recycling technique for the disposal of non-toxic solid and liquid organic wastes.