Kasaragod district being officially declared organic, there is a huge demand for organic fertilizers in the district. Farmers experience a huge shortage of good quality organic manure in the district. Krishnan Prakodal an NRI started an enterprise for production of organic manure from agricultural and allied waste. ICAR KVK, Kasaragod demonstrated the coirpith composting technology and recommended fortification using wood ash, cow dung and urine to enhance the quality. The agripreneur further refined the technology by incorporating poultry and fish waste. After further refinement, the raw materials being used now in the preparation of the manure are poultry waste, fish waste, goat manure and other organic wastes. The enterprise named Bio + Madikai was started during 2016-17. Bio plus Madikai organic manure product is now available all over the state. The unit has produced 1400 MT of organic manure in five years which effectively replaces the use of chemical fertilizers in an area of 1400 hectares benefiting 12000 farmers. In addition to Bio + Madikkai organic manure unit, Krishnan also runs Sopanam Agricultural Farm, Plant Nursery for Seedling and Ornamental garden production, Custom hiring centre and Value addition of farm products.
Organic manure, Composting, Agripreneur, Farm waste
