Composting
The soaked rice straw is removed (Fig 1) and
incorporated with 1% molasses and 0.5%commercially availabl e
complete fertiliser in the
compost pile. The
composting period takes 14
days. During the first 7 days
of composting, the compost
pile is covered with plastic
sheets to induce the growth
and proliferation of
thermophilic decomposers.