History of Effective Micoorganisms (EM) Technology

The effective microorganisms (EM) technology is found and developed by Teruo Higa, an agricultural professor at the University Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan. During the years of 1970s and 1980s, carried out and led a series of research on EM technology which then directed to its furthur development into commercial field. EM is a natural, probiotic technology developed for many yeras around the world. It is based on beneficial and effective microorganisms ("EM"). The microbes in EM are non-harmful, non-pathogenic, not-genetically-engineered or modified (non-GMO), and not chemically-synthesized. The basic microorganisms in the EM are lactic acid bacteria (generally found in yoghurt and cheese), yeast (used in bread and beer making), and phototrophic bacteria.

In the first time of its development, EM was intended for use in crop farming as an answer to chemically based agricultural system in which extensive use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides has been inevitable in the system.  While EM is beneficial to increase the soil fertility, but the EM is able to do more than that and has different way of increasing soil fertility compared to conventional chemical fertilizer. EM is able to increase the number of beneficial soil microorganisms by creating beneficial microbial consortium in the soil. This improves the soil's microbial health and promotes a healthy environment for plants, recognising the principle that microbial diversity and organic material combine to produce healthy soils, and therefore healthy plants.

EM can also be used as a processing tool to manufacture organic fertilisers. From crop farming, its application flowed naturally into livestock. Outside the U.S., EM is actively used in livestock operations, including hog, cattle/dairy, and poultry. From livestock, the positive effects on the livestock waste and effluent into lagoons and rivers led to the use of EM for environmental purposes: from land/soil remediation to water purification. EM environmental applications throughout the world have included cleaning polluted waterways, lakes and lagoons, in septic systems, municipal wastewater treatment plants, and landfills/dump sites. As EM became used extensively in livestock, research began into its use as a functional food supplement for human health. It was discovered that EM exhibits very beneficial effects as an antioxidant and probiotic on the the animal digestive system.

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