Farmer's Best Friend Vermicomposting Project/ Abraham Edison O. Ycay; [et...al]

Development Report Degree Bachelor of Agricultural Technology
University of Rizal System, Rodriguez, Rizal
2018

This project was known as Farmers' Best friend Vermicomposting Project since African Night Crawlers species nourish the soil through their castings and supply protein for farm animals. The proponents believed that these earthworms served as farmers' best friends and benefits them through the casts of the earthworms including earthworms itself. This project was managed by the proponents namely Pocholo L. Bonifacio, Josua C. Dairo Roger I. Ignacio, and Abraham Edison O. Ycay. The project was conducted in two-cycle operation from July 17, 2017 to December 15, 2017. The proponents generally aimed to enhance their entrepreneurial skills and to experience how to manage a vermicomposting enterprise. The primary requirement of this project was to rear seven (7) kilos of worms.

The project site was located inside the University of Rizal System - Rodriguez Campus at the back of USSG office wherein four (4) vermi beds had established favorable for the worm, not a flood prone area and it is near to the main road. To further improve the facility, the door, net, tarpaulin and rain water harvester were provided. Rain water was harvested and stored because the stocks required unchlorinated water in maintaining the optimal humidity for worms. The worms are very sensitive to light and wind, the reason why the tarpaulin was added to lessen the penetration of light and strong blow of the wind. Not all the sides of the site were fully covered since the worms need good ventilation to survive and multiply.