Bokashi Nature Farming Manual

Pambansang Inisyatibo sa Binhi Likas-Kayang Pagsasaka sa Pilipinas (PABINHI-Pilipinas) National Initiative on Seed and Sustainable Agriculture in the Philippines Batong Malake, Los Baños Laguna, The Philippines AND Resource Efficient Agricultural Production-Canada (REAP-Canada) Ste-Anne de Bellevue, Québec, Canada www.reap-canada.com Funding provided by: Agriculture Fund Environment and Sustainable Development Program Projects and Innovation Unit - Canadian Partnership Branch Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) © PABINHI-Pilipinas, February 2006 II Table of Contents Section 1: General Introduction 1 1.1. Background 1 1.2. Abbreviations and terms used in this document 4 1.3. Units 4 Section 2: The Fermented Preparations 5 2.1. Indigenous Microorganisms (IMO) 5 2.2. Fermented Rice Bran (FRB) 8 2.3. Fermented Plant Juice (FPJ) 9 2.4. Fermented Fruit Juice (FFJ) 10 2.5. Fish Amino Acid (FAA) 10 2.6. Kohol Amino Acid (KAA) ll 2.7. Calcium carbonate (CaCO 3) preparation from kohol shells 12 2.8. Oriental Herbal Nutrients (OHN) 14 2.9. Storage guidelines for the fermented preparations 14 Section 3: Carbonized Rice Hull (CRH) 16 3.1. Background 16 3.2. Rice hull carbonizer model for small-scale production (1-3 sacks) 17 3.3. Rice hull carbonizer models for large-scale production (4-130 sacks) 18 3.3.1. For 4-50 sacks of rice hull 18 3.3.2. For 50-130 sacks of rice h…