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Indigenous Microorganisms ( IMO )

  1. How to Make Indigenous Microorganisms (IMO) | A Step-by-Step Guide

    Produced by ECHO Asia, 2025 Learn how to make Indigenous Microorganisms (IMO) using simple, low-cost materials in this practical, step-by-step training video from ECHO Asia. Perfect for small-scale farmers, agricultural trainers, and anyone interested in natural or regenerative farming, this...

  2. How to Multiply Indigenous Microorganisms (IMO 1)

    2011-01-20 Indigenous microorganisms (IMO) are harvested and produced in various ways for natural farming. Out of five types of NF IMOs, IMO 1 refers to the group of indigenous microorganisms that are produced from microbes collected from forest settings, from around the stubble of harvested rice and...

  3. NPF Uses Indigenous Micro-Organisms to Create a Healthy Environment

    Natural Deep Bed Pig Farminguses indigenous micro-organisms (IMO's) to create and maintain a healthydeep bed litter flooring. It is these micro-organisms that will help break down fecal matter rapidly leaving you with a fertilizer rich material whilst ensure no smells or flies (an important...

  4. Natural Farming: The Development of Indigenous Microorganisms Using Korean Natural Farming Methods

    A. Keliikuli, K. Smith,Y. Li,and C.N. Lee, February, 2019. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawai'i. Korean natural farming is a self-sufficient farming system that involves the culturing of indigenous microorganisms (IMO) – bacteria, fungi, nematodes, and...

  5. Maize Biomass and Soil Microbial Respiration with Indigenous (IMO) and Effective (EM) Microorganisms

    2018-11-20 Natural farming techniques have been heavily promoted in ECHO’s Asia network. The aim of these techniques is to reduce reliance on chemical inputs by enriching soils with beneficial microorganisms. Soil microbes break down organic matter, releasing nutrients for uptake by crop roots. They also...

  6. Indigenous Micro Organism (IMO): Foundation of Natural Farming Technology in the Philippines

    2018-02-07 Speaker Bio: Andry Lim is the Founder of Tribal Mission Foundation International Inc in 1986 that conducted Development Programs among the Indigenous people in Mindanao. He is the manager and family farm consultant of 30 hectare farm located in Joaquin Biao, Calinan District, Davao City and the...
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  7. How to Cultivate Indigenous Microorganisms

    Hoon Parkand Michael W. DuPonte, June, 2010. College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawai'i Past trends in conventional western agriculture, including monoculture without crop rotation, overuse of inorganic fertilizers, and wide-scale applications of broad-spectrum...

  8. Ongoing Experimentation with Indigenous Microorganisms (IMO) and Effective Microorganisms (EM) at ECHO

    2011-01-20 Andy Cotarelo shared, “Recently we obtained some recipes of EM and IMO from network members in Thailand and in the US, all of whom are using the soil organisms and have seen positive results in their gardens and farms. Some network members are using EM, a purchased product, while others are...

  9. Crop responses to natural farming soil drenches on sandy soils

    2021-01-01 Between 2017 and 2018, a trial was conducted comparing IMO, EM, mulch, and no mulch on a raised bed system on the ECHO Florida campus. Each of these main treatments was evaluated with and without NPK fertilizer in a split-plot, randomized complete block design. Less cotton was decomposed in the...

  10. Culturing beneficial microbiology for farming

    2016-11-15 The goals of this presentation are to exhibit how microorganisms and microbiology benefit ecosystem health and explore in what ways farmers can use microorganisms and microbiology to increase the long-term health of soil, crops, or animals. The use of microbiology for soil restoration by...

  11. Homemade microbial products for plant and soil health: FFA and IMO

    2018-11-15 This hands-on workshop will include making and applying two natural farming products. First, we will make a small batch of indigenous microorganism (IMO) parent culture and show what it looks like to step it up to a liquid. Then we will apply IMO liquid to treat the deep litter pig system....

  12. Animal Production Litter Systems

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    2023-11-21 Litter systems are an approach to hygienic, integrated animal production in which animals are raised in an enclosed space on a floor of organic bedding. Systems with thick bedding material are sometimes called deep litter systems. Litter systems allow you to prioritize animal health by providing...

  13. Organic Fertilizers (IMO Bokashi) Workshop

    2017-10-05 In this workshop, we will try to help you minimize the use of resources coming from outside of your country, especially as they relate to fertility in agriculture.
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