Agro Wastes as Good Sources for Production of Biofertilizers

Abstract

In the past centuries, the farmers were eager in the usage of chemical fertilizers as it yielded great number of crops. But eventually, they realized that chemical fertilizers affects the soil fertility and chemical fertilizers not only affected the soil but human beings as well. To overcome this problem faced by farmers, Bio fertilizers came as the solution. It is an eco friendly method both toe environment and farmers. The Biofertilizer and biological waste are used to replace the usage of chemical fertilizers as it does not contain any toxic substance and makes the soil enriched. Use of such natural products like biofertilizers in crop cultivation will help in safeguarding the soil health and also the quality of crop products. Solid State Fermentation has been defined as a fermentation process which is used in cultivation of microorganisms under controlled conditions in the absence or near absence of free water. It is a potential technology that is used in the production of microbial products such as feed, fuel, food, chemical and pharmaceutical products. Solid substrate generally provides a good environment to the microbial flora containing bacteria, fungi and yeast. The present study is aimed at producing Biofertilizers from Agro - wastes using Solid State Fermentation.