Transcript VERMICOMPOSTING: THE BURO-BURO EXPERIENCE PAMELA T. HENARES BURO-BURO SPRINGS VERMIFARM Bo. Concepcion, Talisay City, Negros Occidental A VISIT TO BURO-BURO SPRINGS VERMI FARM A LITTLE BACKGROUND… DECIDING TO.

VERMICOMPOSTING:
THE BURO-BURO EXPERIENCE
PAMELA T. HENARES
BURO-BURO SPRINGS VERMIFARM
Bo. Concepcion, Talisay City, Negros Occidental
A VISIT TO
BURO-BURO SPRINGS VERMI FARM
A LITTLE BACKGROUND…
DECIDING TO GO ORGANIC
PEOPLE WHO HELPED US GO INTO
VERMICOMPOSTING
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DR. RAFAEL GUERRERO III
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EXCUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DOST-PCAMRD
MRS LINA VILLEGAS
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AWARDEE FOR OUTSTANDING SCIENTIST BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
ABOUT THE TECHNOLOGY…
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LOW COST
LOW TECH
BUT SCIENTIFICALLY BASED
VERMICOMPOST ANALYSIS
VERMICOMPOST COMPOSITION
Animal Manure
Plant/Leaves
Determination (%)
RAT
CHICKEN
PEANUT
NEEM
AZOLLA
IPILIPIL
KAKAWATE
COCODUST
+ IPILIPIL
LEAVES
Total Nitrogen (N)
1.40
1.52
1.33
1.06
2.26
2.33
2.74
0.15
Total Phosphorous
(P2O5)
2.53
0.49
0.47
0.73
0.69
0.69
1.33
0.23
Total Potassium (K2O)
0.37
1.28
0.37
0.38
1.52
1.10
3.54
0.04
Total Calcium (Ca)
3.10
0.43
1.09
0.63
0.05
0.15
0.29
0.08
Total Magnesium (Mg)
0.40
0.24
0.51
0.30
0.31
0.33
0.52
0.0
Total Iron (Fe)
1.50
1.47
0.62
0.33
0.49
0.17
0.43
0.16
Total Manganese (Mn)
0.16
0.06
0.04
0.02
0.06
0.02
0.03
0.00
Total Copper (Cu)
0.02
0.02
0.003
0.003
0.008
0.004
0.005
0.01
Total Zinc (Zn)
0.11
0.04
0.02
0.02
0.06
0.04
0.01
0.02
Ph (%)
6.70
7.20
7.20
6.80
6.80
5.70
7.20
4.40
SUBSTRATE ANALYSIS
Determination
Before
Vermicomposting
After
Vermicomposting
Total Nitrogen
0.53
2.74
Total Phosphorous (P2O5)
0.29
1.33
Total Potassium (K20)
0.65
3.54
Total Calcium (Ca)
0.02
0.29
Total Magnesium (Mg)
0.08
0.52
Total Iron (Fe)
0.12
0.43
Total Copper (Cu)
0.001
0.005
Total Zinc (Zn)
0.004
0.01
Total Manganese (Mn)
0.006
0.03
Ph
8.6
7.20
moisture (%)
10.20
HI! MY NAME IS
EUGENE
SHORT FOR
EUDRILUS
EUGINAE
AND I’M HERE
TO HELP YOU
WITH YOUR
GARBAGE
PROBLEM
EUGENE is commonly known as
THE AFRICAN NIGHTCRAWLER
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COMPOST WORMS
EAT COMPOST AND LIVE
IN THE UPPER 3-4
INCHES OF SOIL.
FLAT BELLIED, REDDISH
IN COLOR AND GROW TO
ABOUT 1 GRAM ONLY.
CAN BE CULTURED IN
CAPTIVITY
SOME FACTS ABOUT EUGENE…
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It is a true hermaphrodite.
When 2 earthworms come
together, they both get pregnant.
It is perfectly evolved so that
even if you put several species
together, they will not cross
breed.
The African Nightcrawlers, when
sexually mature breed every
week and can produce 2-10
worms.
1 worm divided by 2 = 1.
They eat their weight per day
VERMICOMPOSTING is the production of
compost with the use of worms (vermis in
Latin).
In a single process, we are given two
products – vermicast which is pure worm
excreta and worm biomass.
VERMICOMPOST is vermicast with other
components from the worm bed such as
compost, microbes, earthworms, etc.
OTHER SUCCESS STORIES
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MARY ANN MIRASOL
BITAY LACSON
PBSP AND CARP BENEFICIARIES
LEISURE FARMS, LEMERY, BATANGAS
ANDOK’S FARM
APRIL 2003, AT THE HEIGHT OF EL NIÑO
STEPS IN VERMICOMPOSTING
GATHERING OF MATERIALS
PREPARATION OF MATERIALS
ANAEROBIC DECOMPOSITION
(10-12 DAYS)
AEROBIC DECOMPOSITION
(30-35 DAYS)
VERMICOMPOST
MARKET
ON FARM USE
EARTHWORM BIOMASS
VERMI-MEAL
PRODUCTION
PREPARED BY: DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
PHILIPPINE COUNCIL FOR AQUATIC AND MARINE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA
RECYCLE
WHAT GREAT MEN SAID ABOUT THE
LOWLY EARTHWORM
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ARISTOTLE called them the “INTESTINES OF THE EARTH”
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CHARLES DARWIN, in 1881 wrote a treatise entitled “THE
FORMATION OF VEGETABLE MOUND THROUGH THE
ACTION OF EARTHWORMS”
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“It may be doubted whether there are any other animals
which have played so important a part in the history of the
world as have those lowly, organized creatures”
GEORGE SHEFFIELD OLIVER in 1941 wrote “FRIEND
EARTHWORM: PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF A LIFETIME
STUDY OF HABITS OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ANIMAL IN
THE WORLD"
BURO-BURO
FARM WASTE
Day
1
7-10
11-30
30 – 45
Activity
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Raw Materials
Segreggated & Shredded
Anaerobic Decompostion
Spray with Biocatalyzer
1 Liter/1000 kg
Weight
Worms
1000 kg
• 500 kgs. Farm
waste
• 500 kgs.
Chicken dung
1000 pcs.
breeders
Aerobic Decompostion
Seed with Worms
Worm bed maintenance
Harvesting
Non-biodegradeable after
harvesting
500 kgs.
vermicompost
• 2200 pcs. Breeders
• 1000 pcs. Babies
• 500 pcs.
Intermediate size
• No eggs
BACOLOD CITY
SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD
EARTHWORMS HAVE BEEN OBSERVED TO
CONSUME 
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SEWAGE SLUDGE
ANIMAL WASTES
CROP RESIDUES
INDUSTRIAL REFUSE
COMMUNITY WASTE
HOUSEHOLD REFUSE
AS A RESULT, EARTHWORMS
 ENHANCE MICROBIAL ACTIVITY
 HASTEN THE RATE OF DECOMPOSITION OF
ORGANIC MATTER
 CONCENTRATE THE NUTRIENTS
 DECREASE VOLUME
 LEAD TO A HUMIFICATION EFFECT WHEREBY THE
UNSTABLE ORGANIC MATTER IS OXIDIZED AND
STABILIZED
 REDUCE PATHOGENS ORIGINALLY FOUND IN THE
SUBSTRATE.
INFORMATION CAMPAIGN
AT THE BACOLOD CITY LIBERTAD MARKET
KICK-OFF ACTIVITIES WITH MAYOR JOY VALDEZ
GATHERING OF SEGREGATED MARKET WASTE AT
LIBERTAD MARKET, BACOLOD CITY
SHREDDING AT LIBERTAD MARKET,
BACOLOD CITY
SUBSTRATE LOADED INTO WORMBEDS AT
BURO-BURO SPRINGS VERMI FARM
COMPOSTING
AREA
A COMPARISON…
BURO-BURO FARM WASTE
VERSUS
BACOLOD CITY LIBERTAD MARKET WASTE
BURO-BURO
FARM WASTE
Day
1
7-10
(15-20)
11-30
(16-45)
30 – 45
(45-60)
Activity
• Raw Materials
• Segreggated &
Shredded
• Anaerobic
Decompostion
• Spray with Biocatalyzer
1 Liter/1000 kg
Weight
Worms
1000 kg
BACOLOD CITY
MARKET WASTE
Weight
1000 kg
market
waste
• 500 kgs.
Farm waste
• 500 kgs.
Chicken dung
1000 pcs.
breeders
•Aerobic Decompostion
•Seed with Worms
Worms
20 kgs
•Worm bed maintenance
•Harvesting
500 kgs
vermicompost
• 2200 pcs.
Breeders
• 1000 pcs.
Babies
• 500 pcs.
Intermedia
te size
• No eggs
• 350 kgs
• 50 kgs.
Residual
waste
60kgs.
SUMMARY RESULTS OF 90 DAYS START-UP COSTS
EXPANDED TO 120 DAYS
QTY
UNIT COSTS
TOTAL
AMOUNT
EXPECTED REVENUE
WORMS - HARVESTED
12000
WORMS - RECYCLED
4000
WORMS - SURPLUS (SOLD)
8000
VERMICOMPOST - HARVESTED
117000
500.00
6,000,000.00
6,000,000.00
10.00
1,170,000.00
1,170,000.00
TOTAL REVENUE
7,170,000.00
CAPITAL EXPENDITURES
IMPLEMENTS
50,000.00
50,000.00
INFRASTRUCTURE
500,000.00
500,000.00
SHREDDER
250,000.00
250,000.00
8000
500.00
4,000,000.00
4
8,000.00
32,000.00
632
170.00
107,440.00
1200
350.00
420,000.00
WORMS - PURCHASED
(4,800,000.00)
OPERATING COSTS:
SUPERVISOR (MONTHS)
MAN-DAYS
LIQUID BIOCATALYZER
COST OF WATER
40,000.00
ELECTRICITY
60,000.00
SACKS
EXPECTED NET INCOME
3000
6.00
18,000.00
(677,440.00)
1,692,560.00
30-DAY OPERATIONS ONCE STABILIZED
QTY
UNIT COSTS
TOTAL
AMOUNT
EXPECTED REVENUE:
WORMS - HARVESTED
9000
WORMS - RECYCLED
3000
WORMS - SURPLUS (SOLD)
6000
VERMICOMPOST
90000
500.00
4,500,000.00
10.00
900,000.00
5,400,000.00
TOTAL REVENUE
OPERATING COSTS
SUPERVISOR
1
8,000.00
(8,000.00)
MAN-DAYS
380
170.00
(64,600.00)
LIQUID BIOCATALYZER
300
350.00
(105,000.00)
COST OF WATER
1
10,000.00
(10,000.00)
ELECTRICITY
1
15,000.00
(15,000.00)
SACKS
3000
6.00
(18,000.00)
COST OF WORMS (RECYCLED)
4000
500.00
(2,000,000.00)
EXPECTED NET INCOME
(2,220,600.00)
3,179,400.00
ANALYSIS OF VERMICOMPOST FROM BIODEGRADABLE
WASTE IN THE LOS BAÑOS DUMP SITE DONE AT THE DEPT.
OF SOIL, UPLB, LOS BAÑOS, LAGUNA
Percent
KAKAWATE AND
GRASS
KAKAWATE AND
GRASS
VERMICOMPOSTED
Nitrogen
0.37
0.53
2.74
Phosphorous (P2O5)
0.27
0.29
1.33
Potassium (K20)
0.61
0.65
3.54
Calcium (Ca)
0.16
0.02
0.29
Magnesium (Mg)
0.25
0.08
0.52
Iron (Fe)
0.40
0.12
0.43
Zinc (Zn)
0.03
0.004
0.01
0.003
0.001
0.005
Manganese (Mn)
0.02
0.006
0.03
pH
7.20
8.6
7.20
Determination
Copper (Cu)
WHAT ABOUT PATHOGENS?
BRUCE EASTMAN - ASSISTANT MANAGER WITH THE ORANGE
COUNTY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DIVISION, FLORIDA, wrote an article
entitled:
“ACHIEVING PATHOGEN STABILIZATION USING
VERMICOMPOSTING”
“After 2 years of tests, a project in Florida finds that
vermicomposting is effective in reducing pathogen levels in
biosolids to meet Class A requirements”
- PUBLISHED IN BIOCYCLE MAGAZINE, NOVEMBER 1999 ISSUE
KELLY SLOCUM – LEADING VERMICULTURIST, say this of the article
by BRUCE EASTMAN:
“This landmark experiment by the Orange County research
team proved that indeed, vermicomposting could
successfully reduce normal pathogen levels, thus enabling
the Environmental Protection Agency to adopt
vermicomposting as another method of managing organic
matter for pathogen reduction.”
UP-COMING PROJECTS
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Negros Occidental Solid Waste Management Board
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Lemery, Batangas Solid Waste Management Board
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Vermicomposting
Sustainable Organic Farming
Vermicomposting
Sustainable Organic Farming
Mandaue City Council
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Vermicomposting
Sustainable Organic Farming
OTHER USES OF
VERMICOMPOSTING PRODUCTS:
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FEEDS
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FRESH WORMS
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VERMI MEAL
VERMITEA
DR. ELAINE R. INGHAM, a soil
scientist and President of Soil
Foodweb, Inc. and author of
“Compost Tea Brewing Manual”
defines compost tea as:
“a water extract of compost that is
brewed, or in other words, the
organisms extracted from the
compost, the bacteria, fungi,
protozoa and nematodes were given
a chance to increase in number and
activity using soluble food resources
and nutrients present in the water”
ECOLOGICALLY FRIENDLY
VERMICOMPOSTING PRODUCTS
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Vermicompost which can be used as:
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Fertilizer
Vermitea
Soil amendment
Earthworms which can be used as:
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Composters
Animal feeds
IN CONCLUSION,
EUGENE SAYS ----
GIVE IT YOUR
BEST SHOT!
YOU’VE GOT
NOTHING TO
LOSE BUT YOUR
GARBAGE
GOOD DAY
AND
THANK YOU