25 Haz 2025 Çarşamba
Conversion of sugarcane bagasse into liquid fertilizer using earthworms
Abstract : The world has entered in second decade of 21st century and lots many technological advancements have took place since the beginning of this century. Now the world has entered in an era where majority of population is residing in urban areas or rural areas are getting transformed into urban ones. This is leading to overpopulation in specific areas, causing the production of large amount of waste due to anthropogenic activities. The consumption of fruits, vegetables and other food items is also adding waste in the environment as the left out residue is not getting managed properly. Sugarcane is utilized in the production of white sugar which is a major ingredient in many of food items. Apart from this, juice is also extracted and consumed due to many of its nutritional values. However, baggase left after the process is thrown in open and there are no management strategies. In the current study, efforts have been made to decompose sugarcance based waste and convert it into liquid fertilizer so that it can be utilized in crop fields. Significant results have been obtained during the study which proves that sugarcane waste can be managed using earthworms.