{"id":56987,"date":"2022-07-21T14:12:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T12:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/students-wiggle-with-worms-for-food-security-20220721-3\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T21:41:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T19:41:37","slug":"students-wiggle-with-worms-for-food-security-20220721-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/students-wiggle-with-worms-for-food-security-20220721-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Students wiggle with worms for food security"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"left\" id=\"embed_2e3419b1\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/3645\/38294ca5ca7044928b6b33cba2362d6b.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/vistanews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/23ee254bc5674954bf598e420a1d1aef.jpg\" title=\"Yanelisa Giyose, 22-year-old Enactus President showcasing worms. Yanelisa said at first, she feared worms until they became part of her life. Now she is proud to be called the \u2018mother of worms\u2019.Foto: \"><p><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">Yanelisa Giyose, 22-year-old Enactus President showcasing worms. Yanelisa said at first, she feared worms until they became part of her life. Now she is proud to be called the \u2018mother of worms\u2019.Foto: <\/div>\n<div class=\"img_accreditation\"><span class=\"source\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><span class=\"photographer\" style=\"display:none;\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Poor soil conditions in her village prompted her to investigate worm farming<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>This is the best method so far<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>I am planning to take the knowledge back to my village in Limpopo<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Enactus CUT, in collaboration with the Community Engagement Unit hosted the second worm farming expo at the Welkom Campus, following a successful one at the Bloemfontein Campus in May.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This expo was held in June at the Welkom Campus. The Enactus team at the Central University of Technology has ventured into a unique market of worm farming to create awareness of the importance of worms in sustainable farming. The team is the first to farm worms in the Free State and they are eager to introduce it to the province. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Enactus CUT president, Yanelisa Giyose, said the poor soil conditions in her village prompted her to investigate worm farming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This saw them going back to the drawing board and finding ways to mitigate the challenges faced with poor soil conditions on the farm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn one of our farming projects at the Glenstone farm, we struggled with producing good crops, because the soil was not conducive, our crops did not meet the commercial market standards, and the harvest was low. We started with the watermelon, followed by the butternut, but the harvest was so low, and crops were not commercially worthy, so our pilot crops failed,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAfter going back to the drawing board, a lot of research was done and that\u2019s where the worm farming initiative came about.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Bright Hlungwani, the team started with one bag of red wiggler worms and the worm population has since multiplied. 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