ECO-FRIENDLY APPROACH FOR SERICULTURE WASTEMANAGEMENT AND NUTRIENT ENHANCEMENT USINGVERMICOMPOSTING TECHNOLOGY TO IMPROVE SOCIOECONOMICSTATUS OF KARNATAKA: A REVIEWSUBBULAKSHMI GANESAN, G. PADMAPRIYA, ANAMIKA DEBBARMA, AGAMPODISANDUNI ANUPAMA DE ZOYSA AND JAGODIGE HESHANI THARUDINIAbstract Recycling of organic waste is an imperative need in agro waste sector. Organic wastes includingsericulture waste can provide sustainability as well as economic advantages. Vermicomposting is a biooxidationprocess, which is also a mesophilic process in which certain earthworm kind are used to convertwaste into value resources called organic manure. Itâs faster than composting due to the formation ofearthworm casting (worm manure) as the material passes through the earthworm gut resulting in asignificant transformation. Use of organic manure prepared from sericulture waste can help for moresustainable silkworm production. Mulberry (Morus alba L.) perennial in habitat is raised as a crop for thefoliage to feed silkworm for the production for the higher demands of raw silk, organic acid and inorganicmanures. One hectare of mulberry cultivation has the potentialof generating more than 50 MT organicresidues per hectare per year. Organic residues in mulberry farm where silkworm rearing residue includingavenue the foliage and debris having a good manure value of N, P and potash as well as severalmicronutrients like Cu, Zn and Fe. Hence from this study, an attempt was made to evaluate the appropriaterecycling of sericulture waste using the vermicomposting technology for eco-friendly farming. |