Manure: storage, composting, sale, odours and flies
A flock of broilers leaves tonnes of manure behind it. Many farmers see it as waste to be pushed behind the house; the neighbour smells it, flies multiply in it, rain carries it to the stream, and a fertiliser that vegetable growers are looking for is lost. Well managed, manure becomes a clean, stable, odourless product that sells or feeds your own crops. This lesson teaches you to measure what your farm produces, to store it without nuisance, to compost it properly, and to sell it with your own figures.
14 min read · 5-question quiz at the end
By Abdul Hussein ChoumanFounder of NEXTEKCI · Agnibilékrou hatchery since 2006This lesson is part of Level 14 — Environment, regulation and sustainability. It opens to registered students who have passed the level 13 exam. Levels 1 to 5 and the tracks remain readable by everyone.
- ✓Estimate the quantity of manure and used litter produced by a flock, with a worked calculation
- ✓Organise covered storage that pollutes neither water nor the neighbourhood
- ✓Run a complete composting process: moisture, temperature, turning, duration, maturity test
- ✓Reduce odours and flies at source, and prepare the sale of manure as fertiliser