VERMICOMPOSTING

What you’ll learn

You will learn how to produce and use vermicompost to obtain the nutrients needed by agricultural products.

Key achievements

• Explains vermicomposting and its importance for a sustainable environment.

• Explains the terms and terminology related to vermicompost production.

• Compares vermicompost production methods.

• Classifies the advantages and disadvantages of vermicompost production methods over each other.

• Explains the role of earthworms in vermicompost production.

• Explains the importance of substrate type for the vital functions of earthworms.

• Analyzes the contribution of the substrate type to the composition of the final product, vermicompost.

• Illustrate the key parameters in the design of the living environment (beds) of earthworms.

• Plans the basic processes of vermicompost production.

• Classifies abiotic and biotic parameters affecting vermicompost production.

• Explains how to harvest vermicompost.

• Explains the importance of vermicompost for plants and soil.

• Explains the economic benefits of vermicomposting.

• Designs the requirements for the vermicompost production facility.

• Explains the current state of the market in vermicompost production as a commercial activity.

• Compares legal regulations and incentives for vermicompost production in different countries.

• Explains the functions, advantages and disadvantages of plant nutrients.