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@article{177133,
        author = {EKTA BHALLA},
        title = {Vermicomposting a Solution for Sustainable Farming Practices: A Review},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {12},
        pages = {224-230},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=177133},
        abstract = {Increasing population and food demand has forced the farming community to apply excess amount of chemical fertilizer that leads to degradation of soil health and causing environmental pollution. In recent years, issues such as food quality, environmental safety and soil conservation has lead to a substantial increase in the use of sustainable farming practices. Sustainable farming practices aim to produce agricultural products at a low environmental cost, ensuring food availability for future generations. Vermicomposting is an economically feasible and environment friendly technology in which organic wastes are bio-converted into value added product and various organic wastes are used in this process. This approach utilizes the action of earthworms as well as bacteria to break down organic waste. The resultant material (vermicompost) can be a highly effective fertilizer, or soil conditioner. This paper aimed to investigate the possibility of large-scale vermicomposting; its economic and environmental potential. It has been noticed that when vermicompost applied to soil, helps in maintaining the good physico-chemical and biological characteristics of soil. Its nutrients supplying capacity fairly more than that of other composts, not only it supplies major nutrients but it also carries macro and micro nutrients, beneficial micro-organisms and growth regulators. Therefore, keeping in view, vermicomposting presents a precise and effective solution for organic waste management, playing a pivotal role in the future of agriculture and contributing significantly to environmental conservation. The proper management of waste through vermicomposting can resolve the demand for organic fertilizer globally.},
        keywords = {Sustainable Farming Practices, Vermicomposting, Organic Wastes, Soil Conservation, Environmental Pollution.},
        month = {April},
        }