Kevin Harcourt – Center for Alternative Fuels

Earthworms are known as the friends of farmers since Darwin. But it is only recently that their full potentialities have been evaluated and they are being used in growing food almost every where in the world. There are a total of about 4400 earthworm species known but only a countable are being employed in agriculture. The article explains every details of these agriculturally important earthworms and suggest the best way to derive maximum benefit out of them.