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Rural Composting for Improvement of Soil Health and Sustainable Agriculture

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  • Livleen Shukla
  • Archna Suman
  • Annapurna K Author- Division of Microbiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute,
  • Satish Devram Lande
  • Indra Mani Mishra Author- Division of Agricultural Engineering, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India
  • Vikram Sharma Author- Division of Plant Pathology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India

Abstract

Rural composting means a biochemical process in which diverse and mixed groups of micro-organisms breakdown organic materials to a humus-like substance which is similar in properties to farmyard manure. Rural compost has a lower bulk volume than the original raw organic material, is stable in nature, has a slow decomposition rate and can be returned to the soil without destruction of its high energy value. The process of composting poses neither hazard to human health nor to the environment, it is therefore, a desirable method of recycling rural organic residues. In other

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  • Livleen Shukla & Archna Suman & Annapurna K Author- Division of Microbiology, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, & Satish Devram Lande & Indra Mani Mishra Author- Division of Agricultural Enginee, 2016. "Rural Composting for Improvement of Soil Health and Sustainable Agriculture," Agricultural Research & Technology: Open Access Journal, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 1(5), pages 105-112, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:artoaj:v:1:y:2016:i:5:p:105-112
    DOI: 10.19080/ARTOAJ.2016.01.555572
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