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earth worms & Prof. Dr. Rajiv Kumar Sinha

earth worms & Prof. Dr. Rajiv Kumar Sinha

Sir Charles Darwin called earthworms an „unheralded soldiers of mankind‟ and „friends of farmer‟ promises to provide the soft sustainable alternatives to some of those „environmentally unfriendly‟ hard civil engineering methods for development and waste management while also protecting the environment. Vermicomposting technology divert wastes from landfills and convert them into nutritive vermicompost for farms.

Date: 7/17/2014 9:22:37 AM ( 10 y ) ... viewed 1350 times

Prof. Dr. Rajiv Kumar Sinha is a keynote speaker at the upcoming National Heirloom Expo, Sept 9-1--11, in Santa Rosa, CA.

Sir Charles Darwin called earthworms an „unheralded soldiers of mankind‟ and „friends of farmer‟ promises to provide the soft sustainable alternatives to some of those „environmentally unfriendly‟ hard civil engineering methods for development and waste management while also protecting the environment. Vermicomposting technology divert wastes from landfills and convert them into nutritive vermicompost for farms.

HIS WORK

The traditional methods of solid waste management by disposal in ‘waste landfills’; wastewater treatment by ‘sewage treatment plants’; land remediation by ‘earth cutting and soil excavation’; and agriculture production by ‘aggressive tillage and land plough’ & use of agrochemicals are all highly expensive & also pollute the environment, emit greenhouse gases inducing global warming. Vermicomposting by earthworms can divert 60-70 % solid wastes from landfills. Vermifiltration involves ‘low energy’ and no ‘sludge’ is formed which requires safe disposal in landfills. Vermiremediation is ‘on-site’ without earth cutting and soil excavation. With continued use of vermicompost farm soils becomes too soft requiring very low tillage. Earthworms works as natural ploughman. We have successfully experimented in ‘vermicomposting of solid wastes’, ‘vermifiltration of ‘municipal and industrial wastewater’, ‘vermiremediation of chemically contaminated soils’ and ‘vermi-agroproduction of cereal and vegetables crops’ with amazing results. Wastes are degraded by over 75% faster & the end-product is highly nutritive organic fertilizer; BOD and TDSS of wastewater is reduced by over 95% & the water become ‘disinfected & detoxified’ to be used in agriculture; chemicals from the contaminated soils are significantly removed also making it fertile; growths of crop plants are enhanced by 30–40% higher over chemical fertilizers by vermicompost.

He writes in his bio:

Born in India (9th academics since 1971 in India and 2000 in Australia. I left Griffith University, Australia as ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR of Environmental Sciences in 2013. Currently, I am VISITING PROFESSOR & ACADEMIC ADVISER at Charotar University of Science & Technology, India.

I am also CONSULTANT in VERMIBIOTECH (Australia). VERMICULTURE is area of my RESEARCH interest as EARTHWORMS have great SOCIAL, ENVIRONMENTAL & ECONOMIC values for mankind especially for the ‘FARMERS’ – the ‘feeders of nations’.

I have been credited for the development of a NEW & INNOVATIVE VERMIFILTRATION TECHNOLOGY for ‘Wastewater Treatment by Earthworms’ at Griffith University, Australia. It is highly economical with beneficial end-products for REUSE in agriculture. It has been commercialized in several countries now.

I have published 22 books and over 150 scientific papers (42 papers are listed in GOOGLE). My book on ‘VERMICULTURE REVOLUTION: Technological Revival of Charles Darwin’s Unheralded Soldiers of Mankind’ published by NOVA Science Publications, USA, in 2011 has brought global academic recognition for me.

I have visited several institutions in Europe & North America in academic connections. I was recognized among the 100 TOP EDUCATORS of WORLD in 2011 by Cambridge (UK). I was selected by undation for Environmental Conservation, Geneva, Switzerland (1996) ‘WHO IS WHO & DOES WHAT IN ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION’; for US MARQUIS Book for ‘WHO IS WHO IN SCIENCE & ENGINEERING’ 2010 & among ‘Great Minds of the 21st Institute. March 1949), I am now CITIZEN of Australia. I am in Century’ 2011 by American Biographical

CONTENTS OF BOOK

Machine generated contents note:

ch. 1 Biology of Earthworms: Their Structure and Function to Perform the Role of Protector and Producer for Mankind

ch. 2 Ecology of Earthworms: Their Natural Attributes and Adaptations to Perform the Role of Environmental Managers in the Global Ecosystem
References and Additional Readings for Section 1

ch. 1
Managing Municipal Solid Wastes (MSW) by Earthworms: Converting 'Wastes into Wealth' (Nutritive Vermicompost) while Reducing the Needs of Costly Landfills

ch. 2 The Scientific Evidence of the Potential of Earthworms to Degrade Various Organic Wastes: Some Experimental Studies on Degradation of Municipal and Industrial Organic Wastes

ch. 3 Popularization and Commercialization of Vermicomposting Technology: A Good Business Opportunity and Sustainable Alternative to Landfill Disposal of Wastes
Contents note continued: ch. 4 The Issue of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions in Waste Management Programs: Landfill Disposal Vis-à-vis Centralized/Home Vermicomposting Systems
References and Additional Readings for Section II

ch. 1 Sustainable Agriculture: An Issue of Food Safety and Security for People, Economic Prosperity for the Farmers and Ecological Security for the Nations and the Role Earthworms Can Play
ch. 2 Earthworms: The 'Unheralded Soldiers of Mankind' and 'Farmer's Friend' Working Day and Night under the Soil: Reviving the Dreams of Sir Charles Darwin for Promoting Sustainable Agriculture

ch. 3 Earthworms Vermicompost: A Protective and Highly Nutritive Organic Fertilizer and a Powerful Crop Growth Promoter over the Destructive Chemical Fertilizers for Food Safety and Security
Contents note continued:

ch. 4 The Scientific Evidence of the Potential of Earthworms and Vermicompost to Replace Chemical Fertilizers in Farm Production: Some Experimental Studies on Potted and Farmed Cereal and Vegetable Crops

ch. 5 Environmental-Economics of Crop Production by Vermiculture: Economically Viable and Environmentally Sustainable over Chemical Agriculture

References and Additional Readings for Section III
ch. 1 Safe Management of Community Wastewater by Earthworms: A Rapid, Odorless and Cost-effective System for Wastewater Treatment without Sludge Formation and with Recovery of Water
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kEYNOTE SPEAKER AT NATIONAL HEIRLOOM EXPO
http://theheirloomexpo.com/speakers/

ARTICLE

http://premierpublishers.org/full-articles/earthworms-for-safe-and-useful-management-of-solid-wastes-and-wastewaters-remediation-of-contaminated-soils-and-restoration-of-soil-fertility-promotion-of-organic-farming-and-mitigation-of-global-warming-a-review.pdf?view=inline