BIOHUMUS (WORM COMPOST)
PRODUCTION IN ISRAEL
ECONOMIC BASIS
1. EXPEDIENCY.
1.1 According to
the current information the production of biohumus may be considered as a
business-niche in Israel.
1.2 It’s known that
there is a big acreage of meager and salt soils (Dead Sea area and deserts) in Israel.
Vermitechnology creates the fertile layer of the soil and thus provides the
agriculture development and park (forest) acreage increasing.
2. VERMITECNOLOGY BASIS
2.1.Acreage –1.5
-3.0 hectare
2.2. Biomaterial – available and cheap (manure,
straw, waste, scrap, sawdust)
2.3. Requirements to biomaterial:
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pH 6.5-7.5
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T= +18 –20o C
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Humidity –70-80 %
2.4. Worms – Red California worm, Argentine or
Russian worm.
2.5.Output – 1 worm produces 0.5 g of humus per day (50 %
of its own weight)
2.6. Breeding: 1 kg of the worms gives 1500 kg each year.
2.7. Service – 2 workers and a manager.
3.COMPETITIVENESS.
Some
kibbutzim and moshavs produce composts. Worms
using there is not evident.
4.MARKET.
Negev-Galilee
Ministry, KKL, Dead Sea area, municipal parks.
5.INCOME-EXPENDURE ANALYSIS (see
Appendix)
Economic Indicators (Click image to view enlarged)
Alexander Zabuty,
Ph.D., CEO of "Israriga LTD”.
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