Compost Maker for Mushroom Cultivation

Details: Good quality compost is critical for a good harvest of mushroom. The mushroom compost turning machine ensures proper mixing of the compost by breaking lumps formed. The machine can turn a 200 ft long, 4 ft wide and 4 feet high heap of compost in 25 minutes. The turning of the compost releases gases like ammonia also. The time required for compost making and the incidence of disease (yellow mold) also reduces. This machine can also add moisture to the compost and can be used on both hard (like cemented floor) and soft (farmer's field) ground. Using this machine the output (mushroom quantity) increases by 5-10% as compared with the manual process.

Innovator: Jeetender Malik, Panipat, Haryana

State: Panipat, Haryana

Funding agency: Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India

Implementing institute: National Innovation Foundation India (NIF), info.nif@nifindia.org