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Production of compost from organic materials and agro waste

Collaboration between Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and Highbiz Trading Sdn. Bhd. was established to transfer knowledge related to composting of organic materials and agro waste. The programme was conducted in Bagan Datoh, Perak community. Feedstock assessment sho...

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Main Authors: Samsu Baharuddin, Azhari, Abu Hassan, Norhasmillah, Muhamad, Zambahari, Sulaiman, Alawi, Dzulkornain, Chairil Anuar, Mokhtar, Mohd Noriznan, Yahya, Azmi
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Language:English
Published: Program Pemindahan Ilmu - Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia 2014
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66399/1/KTP02-5.pdf
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spelling my.upm.eprints.663992019-02-13T06:42:01Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66399/ Production of compost from organic materials and agro waste Samsu Baharuddin, Azhari Abu Hassan, Norhasmillah Muhamad, Zambahari Sulaiman, Alawi Dzulkornain, Chairil Anuar Mokhtar, Mohd Noriznan Yahya, Azmi Collaboration between Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and Highbiz Trading Sdn. Bhd. was established to transfer knowledge related to composting of organic materials and agro waste. The programme was conducted in Bagan Datoh, Perak community. Feedstock assessment showed that agro waste namely coir dust, poultry manure, oil palm fibre and risk husk are potential feedstock to be utilized into value added product. Oil palm fibre and poultry manure were chosen for the project. These materials were mixed with 1:1 ratio. From 20 t of mixed feedstock produced 10 t of compost. Based on the production of compost, the knowledge related to composting has been successfully transferred to the community. If the system expands to 2,100 t/yr of compost produced in future, a preliminary economic analysis showed that with selling price of RM600/t, the payback period will be 2.83 years and internal rate of return (IRR) will be 7%. However, it is found that this project has problems and limitation such as location of the compost site, social acceptance, travelling distance, facilities and supply of feedstock to be overcome in future. In addition, financial assistance is the critical matters that to be looked into before undertake the project. This project has the potential to be commercialized if the problems and limitation has been arranged. Program Pemindahan Ilmu - Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia 2014 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66399/1/KTP02-5.pdf Samsu Baharuddin, Azhari and Abu Hassan, Norhasmillah and Muhamad, Zambahari and Sulaiman, Alawi and Dzulkornain, Chairil Anuar and Mokhtar, Mohd Noriznan and Yahya, Azmi (2014) Production of compost from organic materials and agro waste. In: Persidangan Kebangsaan Kedua Program Pemindahan Ilmu (KTP 02), 9-11 Sept. 2014, Putrajaya, Malaysia. (pp. 274-282).
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description Collaboration between Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) and Highbiz Trading Sdn. Bhd. was established to transfer knowledge related to composting of organic materials and agro waste. The programme was conducted in Bagan Datoh, Perak community. Feedstock assessment showed that agro waste namely coir dust, poultry manure, oil palm fibre and risk husk are potential feedstock to be utilized into value added product. Oil palm fibre and poultry manure were chosen for the project. These materials were mixed with 1:1 ratio. From 20 t of mixed feedstock produced 10 t of compost. Based on the production of compost, the knowledge related to composting has been successfully transferred to the community. If the system expands to 2,100 t/yr of compost produced in future, a preliminary economic analysis showed that with selling price of RM600/t, the payback period will be 2.83 years and internal rate of return (IRR) will be 7%. However, it is found that this project has problems and limitation such as location of the compost site, social acceptance, travelling distance, facilities and supply of feedstock to be overcome in future. In addition, financial assistance is the critical matters that to be looked into before undertake the project. This project has the potential to be commercialized if the problems and limitation has been arranged.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Samsu Baharuddin, Azhari
Abu Hassan, Norhasmillah
Muhamad, Zambahari
Sulaiman, Alawi
Dzulkornain, Chairil Anuar
Mokhtar, Mohd Noriznan
Yahya, Azmi
spellingShingle Samsu Baharuddin, Azhari
Abu Hassan, Norhasmillah
Muhamad, Zambahari
Sulaiman, Alawi
Dzulkornain, Chairil Anuar
Mokhtar, Mohd Noriznan
Yahya, Azmi
Production of compost from organic materials and agro waste
author_facet Samsu Baharuddin, Azhari
Abu Hassan, Norhasmillah
Muhamad, Zambahari
Sulaiman, Alawi
Dzulkornain, Chairil Anuar
Mokhtar, Mohd Noriznan
Yahya, Azmi
author_sort Samsu Baharuddin, Azhari
title Production of compost from organic materials and agro waste
title_short Production of compost from organic materials and agro waste
title_full Production of compost from organic materials and agro waste
title_fullStr Production of compost from organic materials and agro waste
title_full_unstemmed Production of compost from organic materials and agro waste
title_sort production of compost from organic materials and agro waste
publisher Program Pemindahan Ilmu - Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia
publishDate 2014
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/66399/1/KTP02-5.pdf
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