Vermitechnology: Economic, Environmental and Agricultural Sustainability

This book is about vermitechnology and focuses on its current status and future directions in the economic, environmental and sustainable agricultural development. The book exposes new idea on how cost-effective waste management, increase in crop yields and reduction in chemical fertilizer is possible through vermitechnology.

The book ultimately captures the environmental benefits of vermitechnology in how organic solid wastes are managed to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases; soil is conserved to improve its structure and reduces erosion. The book offers a baseline application of vermitechnology in agricultural sustainability to curb food insecurity by improving soil health, increase crop resilience and provide organic farming acceptability.

This book is a must-read for researchers, farmers, environmentalists, professionals, students and anyone interested in creating jobs and community development. The book covers cutting edge topics such as earthworms' role in global warming/climate change, strengths of vermitechnology in the conversion of waste to wealth, the mutualistic relationship between soil microorganisms and the vermitechnology by-products, vermifiltration in wastewater treatment, vermiremediation of polluted soil for sustainable agriculture, vermitechnology in organic farming, vermicast and vermiwash as sustainable fertilizers, and case studies in vermitechnology.

Provides latest insights on vermitechnology (VT) and its global economic impacts Discusses in depth the climate change mitigation and VT environmental relation Includes successful case studies in VT

Autorentext

Dr. Sesan Abiodun Aransiola is Lecturer at the Department of Microbiology, University of Abuja, Nigeria. He obtained his BTech, MTech, and PhD in Microbiology from the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria. His area of interest is environmental microbiology with a focus on biosorption and bioremediation of polluted environment. Dr. Aransiola is a member of the Nigerian Society for Microbiology, Association for Environmental Impact Assessment of Nigeria (AEIAN) and the American Society for Microbiology. As an award-winning researcher, he has over 100 publications including book chapters, research and review articles of good international repute with high impact factor. He has co-edited scientific books of global interest with Springer, Elsevier and CRC Press.

Dr. Naga Raju Maddela is Professor of Microbiology at the Technical University of Manabi. He obtained his MSc and PhD in Microbiology from Sri Krishnadevaraya University, India, and conducted post-doctoral research at Sun Yat-sen University, China. His area of interest is environmental microbiology with a focus on the ecological impacts of industrial effluents and insecticides. Dr. Maddela is a member of the Microbial Society, England, the International Biodegradation & Bioremediation Society, Great Britain, and the American Society for Microbiology. He has been actively publishing scientific articles, books (authored and edited) and chapters since 2007. As of now, he published 110 articles, 25 books and 50 book chapters.

Inhalt

Part I. Vermitechnology Preparation, Distribution and Economical Impacts.- Chapter 1. General Perspectives of Vermitechnology - An Overview.- Chapter 2. Global warming: how earthworms helps.- Chapter 3. Vermitechnology and influencing factors.- Chapter 4. Vermicompost, soil fertility and the global perspectives.- Chapter 5. Waste to wealth- strength of vermitechnology and economic impact.- Chapter 6. Bio-particles of vermifilter biofilm.- Chapter 7. Economic implication of vermitechnology.- Part II. Vermitechnology Application in Environmental Sustainability.- Chapter 8. Vermiconversion and vermifiltration in Waste water treatment.- Chapter 9. Vermistabilization of earthworms.- Chapter 10. Vermiremediation of polluted soil.- Chapter 11. Agro-industrial sludge and vermitechnology.- Chapter 12. Biorestoration of contataminated soil by PAHs and heavy metals: the role of vermitechnology.- Chapter 13. Plastics remediation and earthworms- solution or problem?.- Part III. Vermitechnology Application in Agricultural Sustainability.- Chapter 14. Phytoremediation and vermicomposting.- Chapter 15. Symbiotic relationship of Microbial Communities and vermicompost.- Chapter 16. Vermicast, vermiwash: a substitute to chemical fertilizer.- Chapter 17. Role of vermitechnology in plant growth and nutrient.- Chapter 18. Organic farming- the role of vermitechnology.- Chapter 19. Case studies in vermitechnology.- Chapter 20. Future directions of research in vermitechnology.