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COURSE(MOOC)
ORGANIC MANURE MAKING
PROJECT REPORT

Submitted by

Roshin Joseph
B.Ed. Physical Science
Roll No.58
INTRODUCTION

• Organic manures are natural products used by farmers to provide food (plant
nutrients) for the crop plants. There are a number of organic manures like
farmyard manure, green manures, compost prepared from crop residues and
other farm wastes, vermicomposting, oil cakes, and biological wastes –animal
bones, slaughter house refuse.
• Organic manures increase the organic matter in the soil. Organic matter in
turn releases the plant food in available form for the use of crops.
 ADVANTAGES OF MANURE MAKING

Enriches soil, helping retain moisture and suppress plant diseases and pests.

Reduces the need for chemical fertilisers.

Encourages the production of beneficial bacteria and fungi that break down organic
matter to create humus, a rich nutrient-filled material.

• Reduces methane emissions from landfills and lowers your carbon footprint.

• It promotes more sustainable and environmentally friendly agricultural practices.

COMPOSTING

• Composting is a natural process of decomposing organic materials, such

as food scraps, yard waste, and other biodegradable materials, into a
nutrient-rich soil amendment called compost.
• It is a controlled process that mimics the natural decomposition that
occurs in nature but is accelerated and optimized for efficient
decomposition.
 MATERIALS REQUIRED
1. Kitchen waste

2. Bio bins
• 3. Composting inoculums
• 1. Kitchen waste including vegetable waste, fish waste, food waste, etc. can be used.
Waste shall be devoid of plastics, oily materials, bottles, and liquefied food wastes.
• 2. Bio Bins to hold the kitchen waste. Bio bins can be earthen made similar to garden
pots, polypropylene pots or PVC pipes of 200 mm diameter.
• 3. Composting inoculums: Composting inoculums are consortia of microflora that can
easily decompose vegetable and food wastes. They include bacterial and fungal strains.
STEPS OF COMPOST MAKING

• The bio bin was taken. Spread coir pith inoculum at a

thickness of 3cm in the bottommost of the bin.
• Spread each day’s kitchen waste on top of that.
• Spread more amount of coir pith inoculum if the water
content in the bin is increasing.
• When the bio bin gets filled topmost layer is filled with
coir pith . The bio bin is closed and kept for around
50days.
OBSERVATION
WEIGHT OF THE COMPOST
➢ The initial weight of the organic waste: 13 kg
➢ Final weight of the compost: 6 kg
• Final Product
COLOUR BLACKISH BROWN

NATURE DRY

SMELL EARTHY SMELL

MOISTURE NIL
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS

• The Bio bin for manure making was bought

from our Grama Panchayath
(Karuvarakundu) through a subsidy.
• The cost for the bio bin was 350 rupees and
for the coir pith inoculum was 50 rupees.
• The manure which I got from the process was
of 6 kg.
• This compost was really useful in my organic
farming. We can make compost at our home
at a low cost and with huge benefits.
PHOTOS
 CONCLUSION
• Home composting is the process of using house hold waste to make compost at home.
Composting is the biological decomposition of organic waste by recycling food and other
organic materials into compost.
• I had successfully completed the MOOC project on ‘organic manure making’ under MG
University Kottayam.
• I had chosen the kitchen waste composting method. The compost that I prepared was ready
to use after 60 days of its preparation. Initial 3-4days, I collected the kitchen waste and
filled them in the pots. Then it was kept to decompose for two months. It was stirred once a
week so that the compost gets sufficient air. Inoculum was also added with the kitchen
waste to speed up the composting process. In addition to that, dried leaves and soil were
also used.
THANK YOU