Earthworms are friend of the farmers
| Interviewee | Dr Murali Gopal from India | Presenters | Devan and Amy | |
| Reporters | Conrad and Patrick | Producer | Rachel |
This podcast shows the work that Murali, a Fellow of Rothamsted International, is doing with vermicompost of Earthworms. These worms live in soil. They eat leaves and litters that fall from plants and trees. The food is digested and then discharged as nutrients in the form of earthworm casts. This is also called vermicompost.
Vermicompost increases the health of soils. Farmers who grow crops (wheat, barley, apples, etc) in soils having more earthworms get more wheat, barley and apples. We must help more earthworms to live in soil because Earthworms are friends of the farmers' and farmers' produce food for all of us.
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