1. COMPOSTING USING EM TECHNOLOGY
FACILITATED BY EM CAMROON

2. OBJECTIVES OF TRAINING
- Recycle organic waste into quality organic fertilizer.
- Make maximum use available of natural resources or wastes
- Treat organic waste against any harmful micro organisms.
- Bio remediates soils and protects the natural environment.
- Improve the fertility of soils and produce quality high yield.

3. EM TECHNOLOGY AND TRENDS
INTRODUCTION
Effective Microorganism (EM) is one of the most popular microbial technologies being used worldwide today. Dr Teruo Higa a professor of horticulture in Japan, first discovered EM, and its products have been in the market since 1983.EM is now produced in over 126 countries (including Cameroon). EM was introduce in Cameroon in 2005 by Mr. Sama David Ngoh and gained government recognition in 2006.
The use of Effective Microorganisms has broadened in the last two decades from agriculture to water treatment, odour control, animal husbandry and numerous other industrial treatments.

4. WHAT IS EM?
Micro organisms are a group of organisms that can be seen only with the use of a magnifying lens (microscope). Micro organisms can be classified in diverse way depending on the situation in our daily context we can classified them in three different groups.
-Beneficial Micro organisms.
-Harmful Micro organisms
-The “neither nor|” Micro organisms. Which can go either of the two above?
It should be noted that the beneficial and the harmful Micro organism cannot co-exist together and each of them have the ability to influence the function of the neither nor Micro organisms depending on the population.

5. AREAS OF INTERVENTION Livestock Environment EM -Agriculture
EM TRIANGLE:
Agriculture
Environment
Livestock EM

6. COMPOSTING
Composting is a process where by decomposable organic waste are put together in a suitable condition that will enable micro organisms break them down into humus. There exist two types of composts: Anaerobic and Aerobic composts The type of compost using EM is anaerobic. This process facilitates the decomposition process and increases the population of beneficial micro organisms necessary for healthy soils and plant growth.

7. MATERIALS NEEDED 1.Manure 2.EM AGRIC 3.EM bokashi 4. Watering cane
5.Chlorine free water Plastic papers/ bags
7.Spade or hoe
Materi

8. PROCEDURE
Animal waste (Dry): Ratio of incorporation: 4kg of bokashi into 50kg of any animal manure except of poultry manure where you will use 3kg of bokashi into 50kg of the manure -Collect and pour 50kg of manure (poultry) on the ground, Remove all indecomposable material. -Incorporate 4kg bokashi on the manure and mix well. -Dilute half liter( mils) into 15liters of chlorine free water( rain, stream, well water etc) -Water or sprinkle the solution on the mixture and mix well to obtain homogeneity -Continue to moisten the mixture until a moisture content of 40% is reached. -Test the moisture content by holding the mixture in your hand and compress well : If water does not come out between your fingers and when open it form a ball in your hand, then the mixture has reached 40% moisture content.

10. Procedure continued
-But if water dose not come out between your fingers and dose not form a ball in your hand then add water - if the water comes out between your fingers then add dry black soil. to reduce the moisture content. -After the moisture has reached, Wear a plastic paper inside a bag and compact the manure inside . -Tie the mouth of the plastics with an elastic rubber to prevent it from air . -Keep the mixture a cool dry dark corner for two to three weeks. -After this period ,open the manure to observe the results. RESULTS: - Signs of good Mixture: -Whitish fungi on top of the mixture -Fine smell indicating good microbes. - Signs of Bad Mixture: -Rotten smell similar to a rotten egg -Blue green Algae is found on to of the Mixture STORAGE; Open the mixture and spread to dry with air .Then package it in air tide bags and keep for about 4 to 6 months

11. Testing the moisture content and Bagging

12. BAGGING AND RESULTS

13. Procedure: -Chop the residue (grass) to about 15- 20 cm in length..
Dig a hole of about 1m cube and water it with a diluted EM Solution same as above
Then pile the grass in the hole in layers of about 30-45cm in height.
For the first layer: After piling grass, Broadcast 1kg of bokashi ,
Broadcast 10-15kg of manure, 1 bucket of top soil .
Water with diluted EM solution(1 tin tomato cup full of EM1 into 5liters of chlorine free water.
The moisture content per layer should be about 50-60% .
The water per layer should depend on the moisture state of the residue.
Continue layers as above until the hole is full.
Compact and cover with plastic paper and soil to avoid air and rain.
Keep the compost for about 8 to 12 weeks. (A) Whitish fungi and the growth of mushroom indicates good process (B )Blue green algae and rotten smell indicates a bad process or compost

14. Pictures

16. Things to avoid when composting with EM Products
Chlorine water or chemical water.
Avoid air from getting into the mixture during the period of fermentation

17. EM Compost Manure (Poultry)
Cost of composting one bag of manure (poultry) compared to cost of chemical fertilizer
EM Compost Manure (Poultry)
Material
Cost
1.Manure
2 500frs
2.EM bokashi
2 000frs
3. EM 1
1000frs
4. Labor
500frs
5. Plastic papers
300frs
6. bags
200frs
Total
6.500frs

18. Easy to handle by a local farmer Cheap Environmentally friendly
ADVANTAGES OF EM COMPOST OVER CONVENTION MINERAL SOURCES OF FERTILIZATION (CHEMICAL FERTILIZER)
EM COMPOST
CHEMICAL FERTILIZER
Easy to handle by a local farmer
Cheap
Environmentally friendly
Sustainable (Last longer in soils)
Produce crops of good taste
Treat Disease soils
Not easy to handle by a local farmer
Very Expensive
Not Environmentally friendly
Not sustainable (easily leached in soils
Produce crops of poor taste

19. MODE OF APPLICATION/ Spot Ring if the plant is already growing.
Trench or Broadcasting depending on the type of crop to be planted.

20. APPLICATION OF EM COMPST
EM COMPOST IS APPLIED TO ALL CROPS:
Crops
Stage/Age of plant
Dosage
Mode of application
Vegetables
Huckleberry
Tomatoes ,paper etc
Nursery/ Transplanting
Nursery/one month after transplanting
-1.5kg /Square M
-One hand full per plant
Broadcasting
-Spot or ring
Grains
-Maize, Rice
Land preparation, planting, One month after
germination
-one
Spot or Ring
Tubers:
Irish,cocoyams,yams
Land preparation, planting, two months after
1-2 hand full per plant

21. EM Compost Application
Crops
Stage/Age of plant
Dosage
Mode of application
Plantains
-Land preparation , planting and when the crop is growing
-Half a spade per stand
-Spot or ring
Citrus
Oranges, Mangoes ,Plums
-One full spade per stand
Spot or Ring
Cocoa, coffee, palms

22. BENEFICIAL EFFECTS OF USING EM COMPOST.
-Transform a disease inductive soil into disease suppressive soil.
-Increase the population of beneficial micro organisms in soils and bio remediate soils.
-Improve soil health, quality, fertility and yields.
-Improve the physical and chemical properties of soils.
-Protect the natural environment
-Very cost effective compared to chemical fertilizers.
-Produces quality foods that are safe for human consumption

23. Pictures

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