Vermicompost is an alternative to chemical fertilizer for soil: a review

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Environmental Research and Pollution Prevention Unit, College of Science, University of Qadisiyah, Iraq

10.21608/jmals.2025.416704

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Chemical fertilizers are frequently employed to increase agricultural yields and satisfy the nutritional needs of crops. Unfortunately, they are quite expensive, and their overuse in soil raises production costs while harming the ecosystem and the soil. The rate at which the world's population is growing is concerning. Intense farming, utilizing larger agricultural areas and more chemical fertilizer, had been used to fulfill the rising demand for food. Food and agriculture experts claim that chemical fertilizers are the single most significant factor increasing global agricultural productivity. Crop growth and soil health are greatly affected by intensive land use coupled with continuous and inaccurate application of higher doses of inorganic fertilizers. Bioxidation and stabilization of organic material involving the joint action of earthworms and mesophilic micro-organisms" is the definition of vermicomposting. Worms can consume agricultural waste and reduce its volume when the right circumstances are met.

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