In an experiment conducted in 1999 and 2000, commercially available vermicompost from cattle manure, food waste or
recycled paper were applied in fields plots at rates of 20 t/ha and 10 t/ha and 10 t/ha and 5 t/ha respectively. It was compared with the equivalent amount of application of inorganic fertilizers and resulted in increased growth and yield of field tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) and peppers (Capsicum anuumgrossum)11.