Biochar and Vermicompost Synergies; Intgrated for Soil Health and Sustainable Management-A Review

Tesfaye Tadesse Gebre; Yitagesu Girma

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Biochar and Vermicompost Synergies; Intgrated for Soil Health and Sustainable Management-A Review

Tesfaye Tadesse Gebre^*

, Yitagesu Girma

Published in International Journal of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (Volume 10, Issue 4)

Received: 15 October 2025 Accepted: 27 October 2025 Published: 3 December 2025

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Abstract

Soil Health and sustainable management are fundamental to sustainable, playing a critical role in maintain crop productivity, protecting the environment, and ensuring the long-term viability of agriculture system. Soil health is the continued capacity of soil to function as a vital living ecosystem that sustains plant, animals and humans by supporting biological productivity, preserving air and water quality and promoting overall well-being. Integrated, ecofriendly soil fertility management combines organic and inorganic impute such as fertilizers, composts and crop residues with conservation practice tailored to local condition. This improves soil structure, enhance mutant availability, boosts microbial activity restores degraded soil and increase crop yields in cost effective and environmental responsible way. Biochar is a carbon rich material produced by heating biomass like wood or manure in limited oxygen at temperature below 700°C. it improve soil fertility, water retention, pH, aeration organic matter, cation exchange capacity while reducing nutrient leaching and greenhouse gas emission like N₂O and CH₄. Its porous structure and surface functional groups help in contaminates control and carbon sequestration. Vermicomposting is a biological processes where earthworms convert organic into nutrient rich vermicomposting. It operate at moderate temperature and produce casting rich in microbial life, plant growth hormones and pest repelling compounds. Verimcopost improve aeration, porosity, water retention, pH, conductivity and organic matter. Combined use of biochar and vermicomposting enhancing soil fertility, reduce salinity, immobilizes heavy metal and suppresses plant diseases and pests.

Published in	International Journal of Natural Resource Ecology and Management (Volume 10, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijnrem.20251004.12
Page(s)	231-243
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Soil Fertility, Organic Matter, Vermicomposting, Water Retention, Microbial Activity

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Tesfaye Tadesse Gebre

Department of Chemistry, Bonga University, Bonga, Ethiopia

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Department of Natural resource management, Borana University, Yabeloo, Ethiopia

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