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Demonstration on Composting of Crop Residues at Hosadurga village, Kanakapura Taluk, Ramanagara District under Farmers FIRST Project

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Demonstration on composting of crop residues mainly using tuberose leaves and flower stalks and other farm wastes was conducted on 11.11.2021 at Hosadurga village, Kanakapura Taluk under Farmers FIRST Project. Composting of crop residues using Arka Decomposer was demonstrated in the field of Mr. Ramachandra S/o Venkatesh, Hosadurga village, Kodihalli Hobli, Kanakapura Taluk, Ramanagara District.  Dr. D. Kalaivanan, Scientist from the Division of Natural Resources, ICAR-IIHR and Co-PI of the Farmers FIRST Project highlighted the importance and need of composting of crop residues. He has explained the process of fast decomposition of crop residues into compost and the benefits of using microbial consortium (Arka Decomposer) in composting crop residues. He further mentioned that all types of crop residues, cattle dung, left over feed material from cattle sheds; house hold food waste, papers, etc can be composted and converted to nutrient rich compost.  He has also stressed that non-biodegradable materials like plastics, polybags, tins, aluminium foils, rubber, etc have to be removed from house hold waste before being added to the compost piles.  Dr. B.L. Manjunath, Principal Scientist from Division of Fruit Crops, ICAR-IIHR and Co-PI of the Farmers FIRST Project explained about conversion of crop residues and other biomass into vermicompost. During the demonstration, farmers shared their views and cleared their queries about compost making. Mr Shivakumar, G., Field Assistant of the project co-ordinated the demonstrations programme. About 20 farmers from Hosadurga village were actively participated and benefitted in this demonstration.