Banana peels;
cabbage; lettuce; potato;
watermelon
peels
Chopped and wetted by tap water
Eisenia fetida;
200 worms/kgwet (juvenile
earthworms)
Separated system
FVW and vermicompost as a
bed layer was separated by a
plastic mesh with holes
25
Æ 2
C;
28 days
6.6–21.6 g-N/kg;
2.7–5.5 g-P/kg
5.8–7.7 g-N/kg;
3.8–5.2 g-P/kg
Huang et al.
(2012)
Apple pomace
Mixed with
chopped wheat
straw (soaked in
water for 1 month)
Pre-composting at
25
C for 14 days
under aerobic
condition
Eisenia;
150 worms/L
Mixed system
4 months
13–19 g-N/kg;
5.53–6.43 g-P/kg
N increased by
58%;
10.18–17.79 g-P/
kg
Hanc and
Chadimova
(2014)
Vegetable waste Mixed with cattle
manure
Pre-composting
for 20 days
Eisenia fetida;
65 worms/kg
(adult
earthworms)
Separated system
Chopped hay, banana pulp,
and tree leaves were used as
bed material
25
C;
45 days
13–19 g-N/kg;
5.31–6.30 g-P/kg
29–31 g-N/kg;
7.95–9.33 g-P/kg
Varma et al.
(2015)
Vegetable market waste
Chopped into
pieces
(1 cm
 1 cm)
Mixed with rice
straw
Eisenia fetida
and Perionyx
excavatus;
10 worms/kgwet
Mixed system
2 months
100.8–129.7 mgN/kg;
35.5–56.6 mg-P/
kg
103.3–784.0 mgN/kg;
88.1–227.5 mgP/kg
Hussain
et al. (2016)
Kitchen vegetable waste
Mixed with paddy
straw
Pre-composting
for 5 days
Eisenia fetida,
Eudrilus
eugeniae,
and
Perionyx excavates;
10 worms/kgwet (juvenile
earthworms)
Separated system
Cow dung was used as bed
material
27–30
C;
120 days
ND
N increased by
5.86–6.6-fold;
P increased by
fivefold in
maximum
Hussain
et al. (2018)
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