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Vermicomposting of coir pith and cow manure: Influence of initial total phenolic content on earthworms’ performance [PDF]

International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture
Purpose: Vermicomposting of phenolics-rich lignocellulosic materials takes a long time to reach maturity, while worm mortality and weight loss are often encountered.
Kanokwan Pundee, Saengchai Akeprathumchai, Sudarut Tripetchkul   +2 more
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Increased quality of small-scale organic compost with the addition of efficient microorganisms

Revista Brasileira de Ciências Ambientais, 2021
Substantial quantities of solid livestock waste are potential sources of nutrients for agroecological production on small-scale farms. However, processes used to manage and dispose of this type of waste must be able to eliminate pathogenic microorganisms.
Renata Panisson, Felipe Paiva Muscope, Caroline Müller, Helen Treichel, Eduardo Pavan Korf   +4 more
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Composting paper and grass clippings with anaerobically treated palm oil mill effluent [PDF]

, 2016
Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the composting performance of anaerobically treated palm oil mill effluent (AnPOME) mixed with paper and grass clippings.
Ayisah, S. R., Chong, K. P., Cooke, F. M., Cooke, Fadzilah Majid, Haywood, S. K., Haywood, Stephanie, Janaun, J., Leong, P. S., Zahrim, A. Y.   +8 more
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Grape pomace transformed by specific fungi has the potential as a promising substrate for vermicomposting

International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture, 2023
Purpose: It is known that the combination of bioprocesses can contribute to obtaining better results compared to those achieved by applying each process individually. Solid state fermentation of Vitis labrusca grape pomace was carried out using different
Mar´ıa Ines Troncozo, Mart´ın Eduardo Escaray, Mar´ıa Florencia Vianna, Mario C. N. Saparrat   +3 more
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Bioremediation of palm industry wastes using vermicomposting technology: its environmental application as green fertilizer [PDF]

, 2017
Several technologies are being applied for treatment of palm oil mill wastes. Among them, the biological treatments (vermicomposting) have widely been recognized as one of the most efficient and eco-friendly methods for converting organic waste materials
Embrandiri, A., Hansen, S. B., Ibrahim, M. H., Mansor, N. N. A., Rupani, P. F., Shahadat, M.   +5 more
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Forms of phosphorus of vermicompost produced from leaf compost and sheep dung enriched with rock phosphate

International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture
Introduction Vermicomposting could increase nutrients availability including phosphorus. During vermicomposting, a decomposition of organic substrates leads to the production of several organic acids, such as malonic, fumaric, succinic acids ...
Ebrahim Adhami, Sara Hosseini, Hamidreza Owliaie   +2 more
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Chemical Composition of Vermicompost Made from Organic Wastes through the Vermicomposting and Composting with the Addition of Fish Meal and Egg Shells Flour [PDF]

Journal of Pure and Applied Chemistry Research, 2017
Chemical composition of compost is an important indicator that determines the quality of compost. This study compared the chemical composition of vermicompost resulting from the process of vermicomposting alone with combined vermicomposting and ...
Nurhidayati, Usman Ali, Indiyah Murwani
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Optimized vermicomposting of a goat manure-vegetable food waste mixture for enhanced nutrient release

Scientific African, 2021
In arid countries, goats are the preferred small livestock and these generate dung that can be used as manure to improve the soil quality. Furthermore, in arid countries like Namibia, most of the fruits and vegetables are imported, and during ...
Asteria Aili Ndiipohamba Katakula, Bethold Handura, Werner Gawanab, Fisseha Itanna, Hupenyu Allan Mupambwa   +4 more
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Is composting worm availability the main barrier to large-scale adoption of worm-based organic waste processing technologies? [PDF]

, 2017
Organic waste is the largest typology of waste generated globally, which if untreated, can causes environmental pollution and be a public health risk.
Butt, Kevin Richard, Furlong, Claire, Gibson, Walter, Rajapaksha-mudiyansela, Nalika   +3 more
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Changes in nutrient and heavy metal content levels of sawdust due to vermicomposting by Allomyrina dichotoma subsp. tunobosonis

BioTechnologia, 2019
Vermicomposting of organic waste plays an important role in integrated waste management and sustainable agricultural development. This study aimed at investigating the transformation of nutrients and heavy metals during vermicomposting of fermented ...
Chinh Nguyen Hoang, Zhi-Wei Yang, Meng-Yuan Huang, Kuan-Hung Lin, Chi-Ming Yang, Minh Khiem Nguyen   +5 more
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