Using Compost Maker in the production of organic microbial fertilizers

(Baonghean.vn) -According to statistics in 6 districts in the province (including: Anh Son, Nghia Dan, Quy Hop, Quynh Luu, Do Luong, Tan Ky), up to 90% of agricultural land uses chemical fertilizers and pesticides, leading to a number of areas and some perennial plants (such as tea trees) with significantly reduced productivity and quality, and very poor drought resistance in the summer...

A solution that has been selected and is being applied effectively in solving the problem of organic fertilizer shortage, reducing soil degradation and infertileness in fields in some districts such as Nghia Dan, Quy Hop, Tan Ky, Do Luong, Anh Son, ... is to use organic microbial fertilizer produced from agricultural by-products. The successful application of Compost Maker to produce organic microbial fertilizer (HCVS) in the province, implemented by the Nghe An Center for Application of Science and Technology Advances, has created organic fertilizer for production, increasing crop productivity by 15 - 20%.

The application of Compost Maker biological products to produce organic microbial fertilizers from agricultural by-products (straw, rice husks, green manure plants, etc.), processing plant waste (bagasse, sugarcane sludge, etc.), and household organic waste is a new direction. The process of producing organic microbial fertilizers from agricultural by-products is simple and easy to implement. With only the main raw materials being by-products, processing plant waste, Compost Maker products with a few other additives such as nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, molasses, etc., fertilizers can be produced. The fertilizer products are loose, have the density of microorganisms used for treatment, do not contain harmful microorganisms, and have effective nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus content that meets industry standards for fertilizers.

One advantage is that the province has a large amount of waste from processing factories (4 sugar factories, pineapple factory, cassava starch factory,...) creating an abundant source of raw materials; the cost of products for fertilizer production is low, and the investment capital for production is low.

In fact, in some localities of our province, the models of using Compost Maker to produce fertilizer from agricultural by-products on some upland crops give high yield, good quality, reduce investment costs and especially create safe products. For example, the tea growing models in Hung Son commune and orange growing models at Xuan Thanh Agricultural Industry Company also give high yield, good quality. According to statistics of Hung Son commune, tea yield when using organic microbial fertilizer from Compost Maker increased by 15 - 20% compared to before; water quality is more delicious, reducing pests and diseases. Using on orange trees in Quy Hop and sugarcane in Tan Ky district has given very good results. Increasing orange and sugarcane yield by 10 - 15%, reducing chemical fertilizers and pesticides, making the soil loose, increasing water retention and drought resistance of crops.

The Center for Scientific and Technological Application currently has a Compost Maker production workshop with a capacity of 100 tons of products/year, basically meeting the demand for producing HCVS fertilizer from agricultural by-products in the province. Up to now, the province has produced over 36,750 tons of microbial organic fertilizer. In the coming time, the Center for Scientific and Technological Application will continue to produce products to supply models that have been and are producing fertilizer on crops, expanding the market to areas with abundant raw materials.

Currently, the Center has developed a policy mechanism to support funding for purchasing Compost Maker biological products to produce organic fertilizers from agricultural by-products in the province. And in Resolution No. 31/211/NQ-HDND approved by the 16th Provincial People's Council, the third session on December 9, 2011, it stipulates the policy to support funding for purchasing Compost Maker biological products to produce organic fertilizers from agricultural by-products for direct use in agricultural production as follows: Support 70% of the cost of purchasing Compost Maker biological products for highland districts: Que Phong, Quy Chau, Ky Son, Tuong Duong, Con Cuong; support 60% of the cost of purchasing Compost Maker biological products for lowland districts: Nghia Dan, Tan Ky, Thai Hoa Town, Quy Hop, Anh Son, Thanh Chuong; support 50% of the cost of purchasing Compost Maker biological products for the remaining districts, cities, and towns.

The support period is 3 years, starting from 2012 and the support funding is provided from the provincial budget, balanced annually for districts and cities according to the plan. In the near future, the Center will strengthen training, technical guidance, build production and usage models so that farmers in districts in the province have the opportunity to access new advances in the production of organic microbial fertilizers.

Mr. Vu