NUEVA VIZCAYA STATE UNIVERSITY

CHARTING VERMICOMPOSTING
TECHNOLOGY IN THE PROVINCE
OF NUEVA VIZCAYA: THE NUEVA
VIZCAYA STATE UNIVERSITY
(NVSU) EXPERIENCE,
PHILIPPINES
by:
Prof. Elmer T. Castañeto
Vice President for Administration &
Consultant, Centre for Environmental Resources Management
and Sustainable Development (CERMSD)
Nueva Vizcaya State University
Bayombong,
Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines
• The Nueva Vizcaya State University is a historical
metamorphosis of two colleges merged to form a
stronger academic alliance in Cagayan Valley. It has two
campuses formerly known as the Nueva Vizcaya State
Institute of Technology (NVSIT) now Bayombong
Campus and Nueva Vizcaya State Polytechnic College
(NVSPC), now Bambang Campus.
Bayombong Campus
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• Established in 2006, the Centre for Environmental
Resources Management and Sustainable Development
(CERMSD) caters to the challenges of developments in
the premise of sustained natural resources utilization,
conservation and their management encompassing
environmental protocols.
• CERMSD envisions to promote, implement, facilitate
the sustainable use and management of the endowed
environmental natural resources along with the
millennium development programs of the Philippine
Government while strengthening collaborations with
leading institutions outside the country.
The approach revolves within the principles of :
1. Community-based
2. Demand driven
3. Multiple use
4. Good governance
FARM LEVEL ORGANIC FERTILIZER
PRODUCTION
The old practice is ordinary composting which takes
longer period
Product is simply integrated in the farm aimed at
increasing farm outputs at the less inputs applied
Less attention is given to the impacts of organic
farming from the point of:
organic waste recycling
optimum use of local and natural resources
building healthy environment
improving health among people
utilizing a technology that is cost-effective.
Traditional Composting
NVSUNVSU-LED ORGANIC FERTILIZER
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY
Vermicompost
Vermicomposting
- the process of producing
organic fertilizer
(vermicompost) from biodegradable materials
using earthworms
- contains both vermicast
and bio-degraded materials
that did not pass through
the earthworm gut
Vermicast
- earthworm excreta that has
passed through the gut and
is granular in texture
VERMICOMPOSTING
The earthworm is
the African Night
Crawler (Eudrilus
eugeniae))
eugeniae
MATERIALS USED
Rice Straw
Grass Clippings
Sugarcane Trash
Legumes
Manure
Dried Leaves
MATERIALS USED
Mushroom Spent
Water Hyacinth
Rice Hull
Sawdust
Paper
BEDDING MATERIAL USED
Substrates:
Napier Grass, Kakawate, Ipil-ipil plus Hog Manure at 1:1 Ratio
pH
OM
Nitrogen
Phosphorous Potassium
ECe
(%)
(N%)
(P2O5)
(K2O)
dS/Cm
dS/Cm
Vermicompost
7.39
21.33
1.28
1.36
1.20
2.71
Vermicast
6.62
24.18
1.86
1.66
1.30
2.78
• July 16, 2006, vermicomposting technology was
initially established in the NVSU-College of
Forestry in collaboration with the Center for
Environmental
Resources
Management
&
Sustainable Development (CERMSD) purposely
for research, instruction and production of
vermicompost to support fertilizer requirement of
established in-campus demo projects of the
university
• Established as a small-scale project with two (2)
kilos of African Night Crawler and four (4)
concreted compost bins (1m x 5m) was managed by
a senior forestry student.
• Because of the vermicompost project it paved
him the way to Germany as Environmental Envoy
sponsored by Bayer Philippines.
• In April 2007 a Memorandum of Agreement was signed between the
NVSU and the Philippine Council for Aquatic & Marine Research &
Development (PCAMRD) with funding assistance of PhP 1 M from the
KR2 program of the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA).
Progressively, the project was managed by the Center of the
University until it became the Regional Vermicompost and Vermimeal
Production Center (RVVPC)
RVVPC) for Region 02.
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• The project has expanded meeting the
requirements of the Memorandum of Agreement.
• Established at the old forest nursery site of the
main campus with an area of 23m x 63m (1449 m2).
Vermicast/
Vermicast/Vermicompost Production Area
- 100 m2 area with shade; 8 vermi beds at 2m x 5m x .20m, and 2 1m x 5 m x.20 m
- Vermi beds prepared in loose hollow blocks with cemented bottom.
PRODUCTION and PACKAGING
• Production of vermicompost had remarkably
increased after the project was assisted by
PCAMRD.
• To date, production has increased to an average of
1511 kilos (1.5 tons) of vermicompost per harvest
• Processing and packaging are done in the former
sericulture building with floor area of 192 m2.
This is where harvested vermicompost are stocked
for sale.
EQUIPMENTS at HAND
Shredder
Vehicle for waste collection
Trommel Screen
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
SemiSemi-Concreted and shaded work area
Vermicast/
Vermicast/Vermicompost Production Area
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Processing, Packing and Stocking Area
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Trainors’
Trainors’ Training and Orientation to Visitors
on Vermicompost & Vermimeal Production
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
VermicompostVermicompost-Based Organic Demo Farm
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
VermicompostVermicompost-Based Rice Field Demo Farm
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Vermicompost-based Seedling Production
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Establishment of Vermicomposting Demo Areas in the Province
MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Vermicomposting Demo Areas
RESEARCHES CONDUCTED
• Utilization of African Night Crawler (E. eugeniae) As
Vermicomposting Agent of Organic Yard Waste – Fatima L.
Pandapatan (2006)
• Utilization of Different Agricultural Wastes as Feeding Materials
for African Night Crawler (E. eugeniae) – Sigurd K. Afidchao
(2007)
• Effectiveness of African Night Crawler (E. eugeniae) As
Vermicomposting Agent To Different Proportions of Mushroom
Spent– Shela D. Lagrio (2007)
• Development of Low-Cost Enhanced Biofertilizer in Tablet form
(2 in 1: Vermicast + Mycorrhiza)- Jan P. Dacumos (2007)
• Efficacy of Different Levels of Vermicompost on the Growth
Performance of Physic Nut (Jatropha curcas)- Manuel G. Bata
(2007)
• NPK Contents of Vermicast Produced by African Night
Crawler (Eudrilus eugeniae) Using Different Feeding Materials
• Macropropagation of Yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) in
Different Media
• Rooting of Yacon (Smallanthus sonchifolius) Cutting from
Lateral Stems using Different Media
• Growth Performance of Dagwey (Saurania subglabra)
subglabra)
Seedlings Applied with Vermicast Under Nursery Condition
Ecological Implications of
Vermicomposting
1. Waste reduction and efficient utilization.
2. Increase soil fertility and assures optimum
production/harvest.
3. Vermicompost is a fungal-free fertilizer.
4. Environment-friendly compared to other kinds
of fertilizer.
5. Excess worms can be utilized as feeds to
poultry and fishes.
The Nueva Vizcaya State University
(NVSU) expresses its gratitude to
everyone especially the host country
and the organizers.
MABUHAY (LONG LIVE) !
THANK YOU
COME TO NVSU . . .