Vermijadoo Pareek Earthworm Eco-Technology

Pareek Earthworm Eco-Technology

WHAT IS PAREEK EARTHWORM ECO-TECHNOLOGY?

Rearing or culture of special type of beneficial and efficient worms in natural conditions on the soil in the farm or any suitable vacant land for conversion of all locally available bio-degradable waste-material into vermicompost a best quality humus bio-fertilizer,soil-activator, soil fertility improver, high yield producer and bio-sanitizer. Application of same for improvement of soil structure, porosity and fertility as a whole. Application of the same for development of waste-land and degraded soil. Application of same for sustainable and organic farming. Improvement of health of labourers, farmers, consumers, next generation and nation as a whole. To provide self-employment to rural youth, rural women and upliftment of poor as a whole Improvement of nation's economy and saving of foreign exchange. Control of AIDS, Cancer and other diseases at grass-root level. Improvement of quality of water and increase in ground water storage and overall water economy.

WHY EARTHWORM ECO-TECHNOLOGY IS BETTER AND MORE INNOVATIVE THAN GENERAL VERMICOMPOSTING THROUGH Eisenia foetida (RED WORMS) ?

After long research and field work we have developed the Earthworm Eco-Technology. Firstly in this technology the help of all types of earthworms and beneficial microbes is taken and it is also cheap, easy and indigenous technology and vermicomposting is done in the farm itself in a natural ecosystem. So there is no chance of failure if there is no lookafter for some time or if any adverse conditions arise. But, in general vermicomposting by red worm - Eisenia foetida, if proper care is not taken and regular lookafter is not provided then all the worms may die and the project may fail. Secondly Eisenia foetida is only a surface worm and can process the waste only and it cannot survive in harsh conditions of the field. But in our technology we culture all the three type of earthworms Epegeic, Anaceic and Endogeic and all type of beneficial microbes, so that they can process the waste as well as the soil. We develop the soil processor earthworms in field itself so that they can improve, soil structure, porosity, aeration and overall fertility of soil, so that the degraded soil is improved and soil fertility is sustained for years. So our technology helps in sustainable farming. It also helps in wasteland development in a short time. Thirdly, in organic farming quick release of nutrients is required from organic Carbon for better and more yield. In our technology all beneficial microbes are also developed in the soil, so all the nutrients are released as per the requirement of plants. Hence the yield in organic farming does not decline. For horticultural crops it is very beneficial as yield is more than that with chemical farming. It also balances the nutrients in the soil, so pest and diseases are also less. Fourthly, the vermicompost produced by this technology has all nutrients, all growth hormones, rooting hormones, antibiotics, enzymes and all beneficial microbes and cocoons of soil processing earthworms, so new plants grown with the help of it show very good growth, less mortality and better establishment. So, fruit trees planted with the help of this vermicompost will be draught, hail and disease resistant and will establish better in the soil and remain healthy for long time. So, Earthworm Eco-Technology is more innovative and different from general vermicomposting by Eisenia foetida i.e. red worms.

WHAT IS ECO-ORGANIC MANURE ?

Eco-Organic Manure acts like mother's milk to the plants and is worldwide accepted as best quality humus bio-fertilizers, soil fertility booster, soil activator, best organic manure and soil conditioner with all required plant nutrients, humus, organic carbon, vitamins, enzymes, growth hormones like Gibberlic acid, Cytokinins, Auxins,rooting hormones like Indole Acetic acid, beneficial microbes like nitrogen fixers, phosphate solublizers, denitrifiers, pest controllers, decomposers and other various types which help in soil processing and the cocoons of earthworms.

TYPE OF BIO-DEGRADABLES WASTES THAT CAN BE CONVERTED INTO ECO-ORGANIC MANURE

Kitchen waste and hotel wastes. All types of Agro-wastes of farms. Forest litter. All types of semi-decomposed general compost-FYM. Municipal solid wastes. Rural solid wastes. Cow-dung, horse-dung and other animal-dung. Poultry-wastes. Hatchery wastes. Slaughter house wastes. Sugar mill wastes - press, mud and baggases. Paper mill wastes. Water Hyacinth and other wastes along with the road and rail side. Wastes from food processing industries. Wastes from fruit processing units. Sea Weeds, fish meals and any other such waste.

THE PROCESS OF ECO- ORGANIC MANURE PRODUCTION

Project Preparation and Leveling of land

Construction of Eco-Manure Production bins (katcha or pucca)

Leveling and cleaning of soil surface inside the bins

Moistening of the soil surface inside the bins

Application of initial motherculture Leveling of initial motherculture

Moistening of initial motherculture

Application of mixed raw material (cow dung and agro waste)

Leveling of mixed raw material

Moistening of mixed raw material

Application of raw material after every 10 days

Application of water after every 2 days

Ready Eco-Organic Manure after 60-90 days

Sieving of ready Eco-Organic Manure

Weighing and packing of ready Vermicompost

APPLICATION OF ECO-ORGANIC MANURE IN TEA CULTIVATION

Forking of hard soil around Young tea bushes in the weak section

Application of Eco-Organic Manure in ring around young tea bushes

Watering of weak section Mulching of the weak section

PAREEK EARTHWORM ECO-TECHNOLOGY - SOLUTION OF MOST OF OUR BURNING PROBLEMS

Pollution Control - Solid and Liquid waste management.

Wasteland Development - Improvement of soil structure, porosity and overall fertility.

Unemployment - Self-employment to the rural youth and women.

Poverty - Upliftment of the rural poor.

Scarcity of water - Recharging of underground water storage.

Quality of water - Vermi-filtration of water.

Scarcity of Nation's foreign Exchange - Saving of Foreign Exchange.

Poor Health - Improvement of health of labourers, farmers, consumers and nation as a whole.

Scarcity of energy - Reduction in irrigation water requirement and farmer's electricity bill.

Increasing New Diseases - Diseases like AIDS and Cancer can be eradicated at grass-root level.

Low Yield - Improvement of soil fertility increases yield.

Low fertility of soil - Improvement of microbial activity.

Poor Sanitation System - Purification of dirty and sewage water using biosanitation and using rural vermitoilets.

EARTHWORMS - EFFICIENT FARM MANAGERS AND BIOREACTORS

Earthworms are segmented tube like animals without bones. The gut of a earthworm is a hollow tube and functions like a Bio-reactor providing ideal conditions of temperature, pH and Oxygen concentration for speedy growth of useful aerobic bacteria and give better microbial density than in surrounding soil. The worms have muscular gizzard where organic matter and soil is grounded in fine particles of 2 to 4 microns size which increases surface area of the particles for faster microbial action in the gut of worms. So worms quicken the decomposition of wastes and the ready Vermicompost fully decomposed having earthy smell i.e. equivalent to virgin soil of the forest.

TYPE OF WORMS

There are more than three thousand species of worms found all over the world. They are broadly divided into three categories based on their nature of habitat, feeding and defecation activities as Epeigeic, Endogeic and Aneceic.

EPEIGEIC

Epeigeic - Also called surface worms or manure worms or red worms, they inhabit on the surface of the soil in the litter heaps or cow dung or any other degrading organic matter. They process the organic matter but are not helpful in soil processing. They are also unable to survive in the field in harsh conditions. For example, Eisenia foetida,Eudrilus eugenie(nigerian),Perionyx exacavatus etc.

ENDOGEIC

They inhibit in mineral soil horizons and feed more on soil than on organic matter. They move horizontally in the soil and are not helpful in organic matter processing but help in soil processing and also move from one place to another frequently. For Example Pentoscolex sps. Eutopeius sps. Drawida sps etc.

ANECEIC

They are deep burrowing type worms and live in vertical burrows in the soil. They go deep into the soil up to 10 feet. They feed on both organic matter and soil and leave their casting at all level of soil in their burrows. In the night they come to soil surface for feeding and mating. They have a big gizzard for grinding soil and organic matter, so they are helpful for processing of organic wastes as well as soil. For example Polypheretima elongata,Lampito maruti etc.

So we come to conclusion that deep burrowing type worms are most suitable for vermiculture and sustainable agriculture. The surface worms and manure worms can help them in organic matter processing. So in Pareek Earthworm Eco-technology all types of beneficial worms are cultured. In real sense deep burrowing type of worms i.e. aneceic and andogeic species are earthworms and manure worms or surface worm i.e. epigeics are simply worms.

WHY ECO-ORGANIC MANURE PRODUCTION THROUGH PAREEK EARTHWORM ECO-TECHNOLOGY ?

In Pareek Earthworm Eco-Technology all types of beneficial worms and microbes are cultured on the soil in their natural eco-system to convert all bio-degradable wastes into vermi-compost. The Eco-Organic Manure(humus bio-fertilizer) produced by this technology is the best among all other type of vermi-composts, general composts and enriched composts because we can get the benefit of all types of beneficial earthworms and microbes but in other technologies only one or two type of species are cultured.So vermiculture produced by those technologies are not as good as produced by Pareek Earthworm Eco-Technology.

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF PLANTS

Plant growth depends on balanced supply of nutrients and moisture to the plants. There are two sources of plant nutrients First by recycling of organic matter (organic carbon ) i.e. humification and mineralization of organic carbon through EarthwormEco-technology Second through different chemical fertilizers. In first source of nutrient supply the humus bio-fertilizer produced by recycling of organic matter (Organic Carbon) through Pareek Earthworm Eco-Technology provides all nutrients, hormones, enzymes, anti-biotic, vitamins in balanced form to the plants and at the same time biological activities and moisture of the soil is also maintained. So plant growth and yield is also balanced and sustainable. But in the second source of nutrient supply through chemical fertilizers, for each nutrient a separate chemical fertilizer is required. Hence it is not possible to provide balanced nutrients to the plants and always there are few nutrients in excess and few scarce. That is why plant growth and yield is also not balanced i.e. not sustainable and availability of soil moisture is also imbalanced. Soil moisture and organic carbon and humus are main limiting factor to get good plant growth and yield. Both these factors can be improved and maintained by Pareek Earthworm Eco-technology. So it is the base of all type of farming systems. When Green Revolution started then tremendous increase in yield was noticed by use of chemical fertilizers. But now that increase in yield has not been sustained. So this is now clear that increase was not only due to chemical fertilizers but was due to fast humification and mineralization of organic matter (organic carbon) by urea and chemical fertilizers. It is now clear that organic carbon and humus is more important than chemical fertilizers. For balanced and sustainable plant growth and yield all organic matter (wastes) should be humified and mineralized through earthworm technology on farmland with 100 % efficiency and help of chemical fertilizers can be taken only if balanced nutrient supply is not fulfilled by humus bio-fertilizer produced through Pareek Earthworm Eco-tecnology i.e. in case of scarcity of organic matter. Pareek Earthworm Eco-technology provides nutrients to the plants as per their requirements by recycling of organic matter and maintain reserve of nutrients in the soil in the form of organic Carbon and humus.

TYPES OF FARMING SYSTEMS

There are four ways of farming. Conventional i.e. Chemical farming. Integrated i.e. Sustainable farming. Organic farming. Bio-Dynamic farming.

CONVENTIONAL OR CHEMICAL FARMING

This farming system involves artificial feeding of plants, external processing of soil and mechanization of agriculture practices. It involves use of different chemical fertilizers, pesticides, weedicides, hybrid seeds, modern scientific agriculture equipments and external irrigation systems.

INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE FARMING

The farming system which involves both natural and artificial feeding of the plants, both external and natural processing of the soil, both use of chemical fertilizers, organic manures and humus bio-fertilizers as nutrients is called Integrated Sustainable farming. Pest, diseases and weeds are controlled by both chemical pesticides, weedicides, botanical pesticides biological control and manual control.

WHAT IS SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE?

Sustainable agriculture is the one that is ecologically sound, economically viable and socially just. Sustainable agriculture conserves the resources such as soil, minerals, ground and surface water, petroleum and bio-diversity. Sustainable agriculture provides the needs of present generation without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their needs. So we need green culture or Bio-culture that is based on sound principles of ecosystem

FOLLOWING PRACTICES ARE NOT SUSTAINABLE

Burning of plant residues for their disposal. Excessive use of agro-chemicals produced from non renewable resources. Poisoning of food chain due to the use of toxic pesticides. Excessive irrigation leading to soil salination and ground water depletion. Disruption of complex soil process by tillage and unbalanced use of herbicides.

SOIL FERTILITY AND SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

Sustainable agriculture should incorporate effective recycling of diverse organic residues to the soil - these residues are harnessed as raw materials for Vermiculture and Vermicomposting which ensure sustainable crop production. To sustain yield and fertility, porosity, structure, chemical and physical properties of soil following four things are required. 1) Soil Eco-system managers- Deep burrowing type earthworms- 1 million per hectare 2) Soil workers- beneficial microbes such as decomposers, nitrogen fixers, denitrifiers, phosphate solubliser - 1 million per cubic inch of soil. 3) Feed (Substrates) i.e. organic wastes such as any type of mulch, weeds,, sugarcane trash, water hyacinth, Cow Dung other animal dung and other agricultural wastes - 8 tons per hectare. 4) Soil Moisture- As per requirement.

FOUR THINGS REQUIRED FOR IMPROVEMENT OF SOIL FERTILITY TYPE EXAMPLES QUANTITY

Soil Eco-system managers Deep burrowing type earthworms 1 million per hectare Soil workers beneficial microbes such as decomposers, nitrogen fixers, denitrifiers, phosphate solubliser 1 million per cubic inch of soil. Feed (Substrate) for soil process and fertility i.e. organic wastes mulch, weeds, cow-dung, sugarcane trash, water hyacinth, other animal dung and other agricultural wastes 8 tons per hectare. Soil Moisture As per requirement So for sustainable agriculture and fertility of soil, Vermiculture and Vermicomposting project through Pareek Earthworm Eco-technology is the basic requirement and after taking possession of land for farming or plantation first work to be done is starting of Vermiculture project and conversion of all jungle waste and other wastes into Eco-Organic Manure (Humus Bio-fertilizer). The project capacity should be calculated as one ton humus bio-fertilizer production for one acre of land area. By regular use of one ton vermicasting based humus bio-fertilizer per acre soil fertility and yield can be increased and sustained for years.

WHAT IS WRONG WITH CHEMICAL FARMING ?

Nature has its own farming system where organic Carbon, humus and soil moisture are basic requirement for plant growth. For humification and mineralization of organic matter (organic Carbon) and humus into all plant nutrients and make them available to the plants as per their requirements, nature has provided beneficial microbes and earthworms. So natural and organic farming was going on smoothly for a long time with the help of earthworms, the soil eco-system managers or natural farmers and beneficial microbes - soil ecosystem workers and addition of organic matter to the soil. But in recent years to get quick and more yield use of external readymade nutrients viz. fertilizers, pesticides and weedicides started i.e. chemical farming started which destroyed the natural soil ecosystems and most of the beneficial earthworms and microbes died i.e. got eradicated from the soil ecosystem. Chemical farming involves use of nitrogenous chemical fertilizers to speed up oxidation of soil organic matter, thus working as catalyst. Though the results were spectacular during the initial days until sufficient organic matter was available in the soil, but soil fertility started going down ( due to reduction in soil organic content). Soil bio-diversity also went down and more and more nitrogenous chemical fertilizers were required and even less limiting plant nutrients were to be supplied externally to the soil. Leeching of Nitrates polluted ground water and food produced through such method had higher levels of residual Non Protein Nitrate (NPN). Lampkin(1990) has given data which shows that organic produce has 93% less nitrates and 43%less free Amino-acids.Pary(1974) found that a particular tree with higher aphid attack had 32% more NPN than did those of neighboring trees upon which aphids cannot survive for long. Cannon and Ortegg(1996) found tenfold increase in the survival of the insect larva eating corn plants that were fed with increasing level of nitrogen from 0 to 1000 ppm in the nutrient solutions. Recent studies at the University of Ohio( Phelan 1994) have demonstrated that pest attack is a result of chemical nutrient to the crop. Pest appears to be the natural quality control agents and cull food that is unfit for human consumption. This also explains why organic farming has relatively less pest problem. Nitrosamine are well discussed in cancer literature and amylnitrates is possible the prime cause of AIDS in the USA (Dyesberg, 1995).So cancer and AIDS appear to be the result of increasing levels of non -protein (npn) in human bodies. It is now clear that Vermiculture and Vermicomposting of all biodegradable material is the basic requirement of the agriculture and chemical fertilizer to be stopped completely or to be used only in small quantity. So, Start today sustainable integrated or organic farming for your own benefit, your worker's, consumers, next generation and country's benefit as a whole. Organic and sustainable farming can be done with high yield as in chemical farming by application of high quality vermicasting based humus bio-fertilizer 5 tons per hectare produced by Pareek Earthworm Eco-Technology.

ORGANIC FARMING

As defined by International Federation Of Organic Agriculture Movement (IFOAM) Organic Agriculture is the agriculture system that promotes environmentally, socially and economically sound production of food and fiber. Organic Agriculture diametrically reduces external inputs and total restriction for the use of chemosynthetic fertilizers, pesticides, weedicides and pharmaceuticals. Organic farming improves structure and fertility of the soil through balanced choice of crops and implementation of diversified cropping system. Biological processes are strengthened and balanced nutrients supply to the plants is maintained by recycling of organic matter. Control of pest, diseases and weeds are primarily preventive and if required adopting Organic products will not adversely affect the environment. Genetically modified organisms are not acceptable. Organic matter of various kinds, Nitrogen-fixing plants, pest and disease resistant varieties, soil improvement practices such as mulching, fallowing, multiple cropping, mixed farming etc are freely adopted. In brief, Organic Farming merges traditional and respectable use on nature with modern inset.

ORGANIC FARMING PROGRAMME FOR FIRST YEAR

1. Apply to get organic conversion Certificate & appointment of organic certificate providing authority.

2. Arrangement for starting of Vermicomposting project of required capacity.

3. Arrangement for marketing of organic Tea.

4. Demarcation of sections to be converted into organic.

5. Arrangement of separate godowns, separate sprayers, separate records & separate manufacturing of organic Tea.

6. Arrangement of organic based i.e. Ritha Cleaning powder for cleaning of factory floor.

7. Arrangement & application of 5 Ton Vermicompost per hectare in the month of May.

8. Arrangement & application of 10 Kg legnin decomposing microbes per hectare mixing with Vermicompost.

9. Arrangement & spraying of 8 Kg Vermicompost + 4 litrs Megaboost +500ml Biomultineem per hectare mixing with water after every 15 days.

10. Arrangement & application of 10 Kg Nitrogen fixing microbes per hectare mixing with Vermicompost.

11. Arrangement & application of rock phosphate as per requirement mixing with Vermicompost.

12. Arrangement & application of organic Potash as per requirement.

13. Arrangement & spraying of Sulphur 1 Ltr per hectare mixing with water 4 rounds a year.

14. Arrangement of manual weed control by cheeling or sickling & mulching the same in the field.

15. Growing of leguminous plants in between Tea bushes if possible.

16. Arrangement & application of second dose of Vermicompost 2.5 Tons per hectare in the month of September or early if yield loss is noticed.

17. Arrangement of hand collection or manual control of pests which are not controlled by natural, botanical or biological pesticides.

BIO-DYNAMIC FARMING

Bio-Dynamic Farming is based on Anthroposophy and the Austrian expert Rudolf Steiner formulated idea in 1924. It is yet another approach of Organic Farming in which outside inputs are totally restricted. Bio-Dynamic Agriculture most often combines animal husbandry and crop production and use of compost and Bio-Dynamic preparation to revitalize soil and plants and subsequently animals and humans. In this system the maintenance and furtherance of life process on earth are achieved by harnessing cosmic energy and various influences of the sun, stars, the moon and other planets. So sowing, cultivation and harvesting are timed according to cosmic rythms.