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Original Research Articles                      Volume : 12, Issue:12, December, 2023

PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706
Issues : 12 per year
Publisher : Excellent Publishers
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Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash
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Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci.2023.12(12): 56-60
DOI: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2023.1212.008


Vermicomposting Transformed Farmers Livelihood: A Case Study from the Cold Desert (Ladakh)
Jigmet Yangchan* and D. Namgyal
High Mountain Arid Agriculture Research Institute, Leh (SKUAST-Kashmir), India
*Corresponding author
Abstract:

Vermicompost has adequate amount of micronutrient and macronutrients depending on sources of earthworm’s feedstock. Earthworm promotes soil fragmentation and increase aeration of soil by volume 8-30 per cent. Vermicompost has at least four times more plant nutrients than conventional cattle dung compost. Vermicomposting is a source of creating self employment and revenue generation. This is an easy and faster process of converting organic matter into compost than other conventional methods. A farmer Shri Lobzang Thardot took skill development training under Vermicompost producer and adopted vermicomposting for his livelihood and started from a very small scale and became a successful producer of quality product. He argued that his product is demanded by nearby farmers, NGO’s and government organizations of Ladakh. Moreover, he is encouraging interested farmers to prepare this multifunctional quality product on their own farms so that farming community can be benefitted. He became the role model cum master trainer for entire farming community of Ladakh.


Keywords: Vermicompost, Micronutrients, macronutrients, revenue generation, livelihood

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Jigmet Yangchan and Namgyal, D. 2023. Vermicomposting Transformed Farmers Livelihood: A Case Study from the Cold Desert (Ladakh).Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci. 12(12): 56-60. doi: https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2023.1212.008
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