| Category | Agriculture |
| Crop | ANY CROP |
| Scout | HBN |
| Ingredients | Cow dung / sugarcane trashes, leaf litter, molasses. 10ft length, 5 ft breadth, 2.5 ft depth size cement tank . Sieve .1500 -2000 numbers of earth worm shed - 15ft length , 6 ft breadth . 7 ft height |
| Details Of Innovation | Cow dung / sugar cane trashes, molasses and leaf litter are allowed to decompose for 2 months. Then earthworms are filled in the tank. In this cow dung, slurry is sprayed in two layers. After that, filling of bricks is done with the size of height 9" length and 3" breadth to a height of 2 .1/4 ft . The bricks are placed in 2" gap. After 1 week till the heat is reduced, water should be sprinkled. 1500 - 2000 numbers of earthworms are allowed in this tank. Daily in the morning and evening, water is sprayed. On the 60th day, granules like vermicompost will be obtained. So from one harvest we can get 600 kg of vermicompost. |
| Innovator / Knowledge Provider | Gopala Krishnan M. |
| District | Karur |
| KVK District | Saraswathi KVK, Puzhuderi Village, Puzhuderi (Po), Thogamalai block, Karur District |
| Address | Karur ,Tamil Nadu |
| Languages Spoken | Tamil |
| Vocation | Farming |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| PIN Code | 639107 |
| PAS 1 | "Method of Composting and Preparation of Vermicompost ."https://agri-horti.assam.gov.in/sites/default/files/swf_utility_folder/departments/diragri_medhassu_in_oid_4/portlet/level_2/11%28B%29.10.pdf |
| PAS 2 | "Vermicompost."https://agritech.tnau.ac.in/org_farm/orgfarm_vermicompost.html |
| Agro Ecological Zone | Eastern Ghat (TN uplands) ecosubregion (8.3).,Eastern Ghat (TN uplands) ecosubregion (8.3),Western zone (TN-3),Periyar and Coimbatore districts, Thiruchengodu of Namakkal district Karur district and northern parts of Madurai district. |
| Practice ID | TAM0010000000240 |
| Annotation ID | GIAN/GAVL/1182 |
| Reference | HBN database |
| Technology Transfer Terms | DIY |
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