{"id":30119,"date":"2023-05-08T14:02:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T11:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sbs.strathmore.edu\/?p=30119"},"modified":"2023-05-08T14:02:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T11:02:21","slug":"why-i-breed-and-sell-these-creepy-worms-dr-acosta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sbs.strathmore.edu\/en_gb\/why-i-breed-and-sell-these-creepy-worms-dr-acosta\/","title":{"rendered":"Why I Breed and Sell These Creepy Worms &#8211; Dr. Acosta"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element\" style=\"--awb-margin-bottom:5%;--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\"fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" title=\"Why-I-Breed-and-Sell-These-Creepy-Worms-web\" src=\"https:\/\/sbs.strathmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Why-I-Breed-and-Sell-These-Creepy-Worms-web.png\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/sbs.strathmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Why-I-Breed-and-Sell-These-Creepy-Worms-web.png\" alt class=\"lazyload img-responsive wp-image-30121\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27675%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%201200%20675%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%271200%27%20height%3D%27675%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/sbs.strathmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Why-I-Breed-and-Sell-These-Creepy-Worms-web-200x113.png 200w, https:\/\/sbs.strathmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Why-I-Breed-and-Sell-These-Creepy-Worms-web-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/sbs.strathmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Why-I-Breed-and-Sell-These-Creepy-Worms-web-600x338.png 600w, https:\/\/sbs.strathmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Why-I-Breed-and-Sell-These-Creepy-Worms-web-800x450.png 800w, https:\/\/sbs.strathmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Why-I-Breed-and-Sell-These-Creepy-Worms-web.png 1200w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>What makes a hobby when you are 40 and looking for an economy-positive activity to pour all your passion into? \u201cMy childhood memories led me to agriculture,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.strathmore.edu\/en_gb\/dr-freddie-acosta\/\">Dr Freddie Acosta<\/a> of Strathmore University Business School says. That was his choice. Four years ago the lecturer, originally from Manila in Philippines, set forth to operate an integrated farm that would function at optimum levels.<\/p>\n<p>Acosta\u2019s farm can be described, in one word, as a micro-ecosystem. The evidence is visible at his backyard, extending into the front yard, of his single-storeyed maisonette. \u201cI started with a small backyard farm,\u201d he says. \u201cI bought two rabbits: a male and a female.\u201d Acosta constructed a hatch with several levels of wire-meshed bases.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe rabbit\u2019s droppings and urine all end below the hatch \u2013 on the ground,\u201d he says. He then bought 1kg of earthworms from Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology (JKUAT) and started a vermiculture farm right below the hatch. The waste from the rabbits, he says, needed to be utilized. Introducing earthworms \u2013 excellent consumers of rabbit poop \u2013 into the ecosystem was hence inevitable. The worms would in turn produce enriched organic fertilizer which Acosta would either sell or use to grow his own plants. He did exactly that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook at these,\u201d he says, pointing at a vertical farm straddling the walls of his backyard. \u201cI don\u2019t use inorganic fertilizers to grow such healthy crops. I mix soil with the vermicus produced by the earthworms. These give the plants every nutrient they need.\u201d When he is not applying vermicus directly to the soil Acosta mixes 5kg of the organic fertilizer with molasses and good bacteria (which he buys from a Japanese company) then stirs to create a \u201chighly enriched liquid fertilizer\u201d which he sprays on his plants. Acosta has been meticulous at making sure that the fertilizer produced by the earthworms is rich with the three basic nutrients that plants need to grow: nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium.<\/p>\n<p>Earthworms are hermaphrodites. When two mate both of them reproduce. At every generation earthworm population doubles. \u201cThey are pretty prolific,\u201d Acosta says; a fact that he can afford to laugh at. \u201cIf you don\u2019t have ready buyers they may end up just dying: the worms have a lifespan of between 12 and 18 months.\u201d But Acosta\u2019s aim was not to rear an earthworm for it to just die and exit the ecosystem. And so, he introduced a predator into the ecosystem. \u201cI brought in catfish \u2013 a carnivorous type of fish \u2013 to feed on the earthworms as they continued to reproduce.\u201d He improvised the pond \u2013 currying 10 cat fishes. Instead of digging the pond \u2013 work that needs more energy and engineering logistics \u2013 he erected a vertical wall from the ground and surrounded it with impervious polythene. \u201cI wanted to use readily available material to achieve the same results. It was very a fordable to get the work done,\u201d? Acosta says. The catfish in his pond feed on earthworms and water plants like Azola and dark weed. He regularly harvests earthworms and feeds them to the fish.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the fish reach maturity it ends in my plate. Or maybe I will sell. Fish is a very healthy protein for human consumption. Plus, I am confident of my fish\u2019s nutritional value: it is 100 per cent organic,\u201d he says. Acosta, replaces the pond water every so often. The water, rich with algae and nutrients from fish waste, irrigates the plants growing all over his home \u2013 on walls, in cans, from the soil. \u201cThe plants I have in the backyard, and front yard, serve two purposes: they provide food for human consumption and also for the rabbits.\u201d At this point the cycle is complete. \u201cNothing goes to waste,\u201d he says. Freddie is against use of chemicals in agriculture. He is an advocate of organic farming. \u201cNature, on its own, is able to regulate nutrient flow in a functioning ecosystem. Chemicals, in most cases, destabilize a natural ecosystem. Chemicals have also been found to cause illnesses in human beings.\u201d What started as a hobby for Acosta, has turned out to be an integrated model of farming that the father of seven uses to teach his students as well as visitors on a mission to understand the concept with the intention to replicate it into large scale. \u201cA lot of the money I am making from this farm is from consulting for prospective farmers. \u201cI teach technology and innovation at Strathmore University. This farm is a key part of innovations in agribusiness,\u201d Acosta says.<\/p>\n<p>The farm can survive just by recycling the waste the household generate. However, ones in a while, he will buy food pellets for the rabbits, \u201cjust to diversify a little their source of nutrition.\u201d The backyard farm, in spite of its size, earns Acosta money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI sell one kilo of earthworms at Kshs. 2, 500, a kilo of vermicus goes for Kshs. 50. I sell rabbit meat at Kshs. 600 per Kg,\u201d he says. Visitors pay him Kshs. 1,000 to have a close look of the farm. Students \u2013 those who want to learn from his wisdom \u2013 have to part with Kshs. 5,000. Not forgetting that he too derives his food from the farm. \u201cRabbit meat is among the best white meats in the world. It has near zero fat content and it is very nutritious. I am happy knowing that the rabbit I eat has been bread in an organic ecosystem,\u201d Acosta says. Since he recycles every waste back into the ecosystem, one would expect a putrid smell around his home. However, the air within the home compound is among the freshest in a city that is chocking with industry smoke and fumes from motor vehicles. Even his neighbors cannot smell the millions sitting at his backyard. \u201cThis system is presided over by good natural bacteria. There is a balance in oxygen and carbon dioxide levels because the plants act as carbon sinks.\u201d The \u2018hobby\u2019 has proved successful.<\/p>\n<p>Acosta has since bought about a quarter of an acre in Kitengela where he wants to replicate the system so that he can utilize its potential to create wealth. In his opinion, if every Kenyan created an integrated system like his, there would be plenty of food \u2013 with minimum production costs \u2013 to feed all Kenyans and even beyond.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, he says, earthworms alone would easily make someone a millionaire. One kilogram produces 2kg in a month. These increase exponentially \u2013 4, 8, 32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024 then 2048 by the time 12 months are over. \u201cWithin a year, for a farmer who started with just 1Kg of earthworm, they could make Sh5, 120,000 because each every Kg of earthworm is worth Sh2500,\u201d Freddie says. The amount of revenue a farmer generates from an integrated ecosystem would vary depending on their skill and dedication, he adds.<\/p>\n<p>Article by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/business\/article\/2001236377\/why-i-breed-and-sell-these-creepy-worms\">Standard Digital<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Adapted from <a href=\"https:\/\/strathmore.edu\/news\/why-i-breed-and-sell-these-creepy-worms-faculty-lecturer-dr-acosta\/\">Strathmore University Website<\/a> published on April 19, 2017<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":30121,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[146],"class_list":["post-30119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-sustainability-series"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2.1 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why I Breed and Sell These Creepy Worms - Dr. Acosta - Strathmore University Business School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sbs.strathmore.edu\/en_gb\/why-i-breed-and-sell-these-creepy-worms-dr-acosta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why I Breed and Sell These Creepy Worms - Dr. Acosta\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sbs.strathmore.edu\/en_gb\/why-i-breed-and-sell-these-creepy-worms-dr-acosta\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Strathmore University Business School\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-08T11:02:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sbs.strathmore.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Why-I-Breed-and-Sell-These-Creepy-Worms-web.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"675\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Juliet Hinga\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Juliet Hinga\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbs.strathmore.edu\\\/why-i-breed-and-sell-these-creepy-worms-dr-acosta\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbs.strathmore.edu\\\/why-i-breed-and-sell-these-creepy-worms-dr-acosta\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Juliet Hinga\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sbs.strathmore.edu\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ef65175d48e8c61e0454cc7b137a849d\"},\"headline\":\"Why I Breed and Sell These Creepy Worms &#8211; 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