IJSTE - International Journal of Science Technology & Engineering | Volume 5 | Issue 1 | July 2018 ISSN (online): 2349-784X All rights reserved by www.ijste.org 1 Study on Effect of Microbial Consortium on Aerobic Composting of Sugar Press Mud Mohasina Farooqui Amar Byakodi PG Student Assistant Professor Department of Civil Engineering Department of Civil Engineering Angadi Institute of Technology and Management, Belagavi- 59000 Angadi Institute of Technology and Management, Belagavi- 59000 Abstract Generally we all know that huge quantity of waste is generated from sugar industries, managing of which has become a very serious issue. It is a well-established fact that due to the mono-cropping year after year in the same field, the physical, chemical and biological fertility and productivity of the soil is deteriorating. At present, the majority of the farmers are used to inorganic fertilizers to meet the total nutrient requirements in crop production. Continuous uses of inorganic fertilizers and lack of organic matter have resulted in increase of environmental pollution, alkalinity and salinity of the soils, which result in reducing the crop productivity. Present study was conducted to prepare the compost from the raw press mud and five set of batches were prepared which consist of raw press mud, culture of microorganisms, water and composted cowdung as the nutritional source. Keywords: Compost Mixture, Degradation, Microorganisms, Nutrient Mixture, Sugar Press Mud ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ I. INTRODUCTION Sugar industry has taken the second largest place in agricultural based industry and plays a very important role in social and economical development of the country. After brazil sugar industry plays a leading role as the second largest producer in the global market and estimated that it produces nearly 15 percent of sugar and 25 percent of sugarcane respectively. In India the sugar industries have become the source of living for about 50 million farmers and their families and direct employment is provided by the sugar industries for both skilled and semi-skilled laborers in industries and sugar mills all over the country. Sugarcane is named as the most important commercial crop and generally occupies an area of 5 million hectares of the Indian nation. The two different raw material extracted from the sugar are sugarcane and beet, both produce identical refined sugar. There were totally 703 sugar factories India had as on January 31, 2015. These sugar factories concentrated more on rural areas of the nation. II. MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY The study pertaining to degradation of press mud was undertaken with the objectives of evolving suitable methods for its degradation. Hence, in order to provide the organic enhancement to the field, sugar press mud from the sugar mills is transported to the field because of which there is decrease in demand of inorganic fertilizer and sugarcane yield has been increased. The present study has been carried out in Angadi Institute of Technology and Management, belagavi. Sugar press mud was brought for the study from Doodhaganga Krishna Sahakari Sakkare Karkhana Niyamat, Chikodi, which is located at 84 km from Angadi Institute of Technology and Management, Belagavi. The collected samples were stored in a cool place along with the precautions for preventing insect nuisance. The microorganism for composting of press mud were collected from University of Agricultural Science, Dhawad. Microorganism include Phaenerocnaetc, Trichodrma Virdea, Aspergillus Niger, Pleurotus, which are favourable for decomposing the highly organic waste, Decomposed cowdung was collected from Military Farm house Belagavi, which act as the nutrient for microorganism during initial acclamatization process.