Project activities completed
Construction of sieve
Design of large scale facility
Microbiological analysis of horse manure
Administrative procedures for amenities such as provision for water and electricity
Submission of plan to District Council for approval
Procedures to secure permission to build facility on land which is owned by Ministry of Agriculture
Preliminary testing of composting horse manure in rotary composter was successful
Testing with 2 tons of horse manure using windrow technology at beneficiary's place successful as well
Problems encountered were rapidly resolved:
Straw cover used after some sporadic fungal growth was discovered. This contributed in eradicating and preventing further invasion.
The manual turning of the heap using conventional methods such as the use of spade and fork was both time- and energy-consuming. It may be perhaps envisaged that the use of front end waders be more appropriate once the process extends itself to a large-scale mode of production
However the final report has not yet been submitted as on ecomponent of project not yet finished due to delay in co-funding.