Bioremediation of palm industry wastes using vermicomposting technology: its environmental application as green fertilizer

Rupani, Parveen Fatemeh; Embrandiri, Asha; Ibrahim, Mahamad Hakimi; Shahadat, Mohammad; Hansen, Sune Balle; Mansor, Nur Naha Abu

doi:10.1007/s13205-017-0770-1

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“…The use of Vigna radiata seeds in the germination test could be observed in several studies, including Gopinathan and Thirumurthy (2012) , Fadzilah et al. (2017) , and Rupani et al. (2017) .…”

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Inventory and composting of yard waste in Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Rahman

Sadi

Ahmad

et al. 2020

Heliyon

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Composting of yard waste is one of the waste management approaches in the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) in Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia. The yard waste inventory was developed in the headquarters’ area and a pilot-scale study was performed on the potential compost product. The total amount of yard waste generated from June 2017 to December 2017 was 16.75 tonnes with an average generation of 0.60 tonnes per week on the dry weight (d.w.) basis. The collected yard waste consisted of three major characteristics, namely dry leaves, fresh green leaves, and grass cuttings, and a waste estimation technique was applied to determine the composition of these three elements. The acquired information was used to formulate the initial compost mixture. The wastes were then mixed with an appropriate amount of livestock manure and other wastes to obtain the optimum initial C/N ratio, which was then found in the analysis to range between 25:1 and 42:1. Meanwhile, the C/N ratios obtained from the matured compost product were from 10:1 and 15:1. Moreover, most of the compost yield ranged between 50% and 70% (w w −1 d.w. basis), while the percentage of the seed germination in the compost was over 95%. The viability of the project was indicated from the economic analysis, with benefit to cost ratio (BCR) values of more than 1. The results also suggested that the large scale composting of yard waste in MARDI was feasible and its applicability is continuous. This technique also fulfilled the objective of producing quality compost, which was suitable for agricultural use.

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Inventory and composting of yard waste in Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Rahman

Sadi

Ahmad

et al. 2020

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“…The leading company producing fertilizer has two subsidiaries that are involved in the manufacturing of urea. Still, most of the fertilizer that farmers use in Malaysia come from abroad because of the cost (Rupani et al 2017 ).…”

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How COVID 19 effect Malaysian paddy industry? Adoption of green fertilizer a potential resolution

Adnan

Nordin

2020

Environ Dev Sustain

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The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in more than 4.3 million confirmed cases and more than 2,90,000 deaths worldwide. It has also given rise to fears of an imminent economic crisis and recession. Social distance, self-isolation, and travel restrictions have led to a reduction in the workforce across all economical sectors and have led to a loss of many jobs. Schools have closed down, and the need for commodities and manufactured goods has decreased. On the other hand, the need for medical supplies has increased significantly. The food sector is also facing increased demand as a result of panic buying and storing food products. In response to this global outbreak, we summarize the socioeconomic effects of COVID-19 on the various aspects of the world economy. In Malaysia, the COVID-19 epidemic has checked the resilience of the agriculture sector. Especially the Malaysian paddy industry as country imports 30% of its overall consumption from different parts of the world. The real price of rice triplicating for the consumers, which was alarming for nations in this pandemic situation. The Government of Malaysia introduced the National Agrofood Policy 2011-2020 (NAP4) in 2010 as a guidance document for the implementation of agricultural sector development programs and projects in Malaysia. The NAP4 's 10-year term is to be finished by the end of 2020. Several sectors demonstrate substantial success after approximately 8 years of introduction, while the other classes often lag behind the goal and progress quite slowly. Agricultural sector performance is affected by many problems and challenges. In acknowledgment of the poor success of this field, the Ministry of Agriculture and Agri-Based Industry has launched new approaches, policies, and programs that can change the agricultural sector more rapidly. The new direction is aimed at ensuring national food security and boosting farm and revenues. The authorized government agency needs to revise the policy formulation where Malaysia needs to set stages to revolutionize and modernize the rice farming to address the problem faced by the paddy sector in this pandemic situation to adopt GF. In this study, the researcher focuses on the improvisation of the policy to increase the paddy production sustainably.

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“…The earthworms had enzymes such as protease, lipase, amylase, cellulose and chitin which would provide rapid chemical changes to the cellulose material and protein from waste [12][13][14]. Vermicompost had a high enough nutrient content such as nitrate, phosphate, and calcium which could be exchanged and potassium which could be exchanged soluble in forms available for plants [15][16][17][18][19], growth substances such as humic acid, fulvic acid, other organic acids, auxins and cytokines [20,21]. Some active bacteria like Azotobacter sp., Arobactericum sp.…”

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Vermicompost Formulation Based on Soybean Husk and Cow Manure on Shallots

Arifah¹,

Budiastuti²,

Dewi³

et al. 2021

IJDNE

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Shallot is one of an important vegetable in Indonesia. The yield of the crop is often constrained by low and unbalanced nutrient supply in the soil. The application of vermicompost based on soybean husk and cow manure can increased nutrient supply in the soil. This research aimed to obtain the optimum vermicompost formulation and doses based on soybean husk and cow manure on shallots. This research is a field that arranged Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) with 1 factor (vermicompost formulation (V) that consisted 4 doses for each treatment and 3 replication was applied. The treatment consisted of vermicompost formulation (V): 100% soybean husk, 100% cow manure, 50% soybean husk: 50%: cow manure, 75% soybean husk: 25%: cow manure and 25% soybean husk: 75%: cow manure. Each treatment consisted of four doses: without application, 5, 10, 15 t. ha-1, so the total treatment was 20 level. Data were analyzed using the least significant difference (LSD) test. The result indicated that vermicompost formulation gave significant effect on all of observation parameters on the growth and yield. The lowest response of shallots occurred in the treatments without vermicompost application on all formulations, and the highest was in the 100% soybean husk formulation at a dose of 15 t. ha-1.

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Bioremediation of palm industry wastes using vermicomposting technology: its environmental application as green fertilizer

Cited by 23 publications

References 40 publications

Inventory and composting of yard waste in Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

Inventory and composting of yard waste in Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

How COVID 19 effect Malaysian paddy industry? Adoption of green fertilizer a potential resolution

Vermicompost Formulation Based on Soybean Husk and Cow Manure on Shallots

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