Vol. 11, Issue 10 (2022)

The agriculture production system is most vulnerable to climate variability and change. The burning of post-harvest crop residue is also a major concern in North-eastern hill region of India. Though it is almost banned in India, the process is still followed by resource poor farmers due to lack of alternative waste management practices. It has the serious implications like air pollution across rural and urban areas which create negative health impacts associated with smoke inhalation also releases carbon dioxide that could otherwise be sequestered through composting. A survey was done foridentify the major agricultural commodities and their waste product available in Ri-Bhoi District of India in the year 2019-20 and 2020-21. After the survey, the estimation of agricultural waste materials was done for Ri-Bhoi District of Meghalaya, where it is found that around 1, 74,094 metric tonnes waste material was generated from major field crops annually. From those waste there is a possibility of production of 104,247.90 tonnes of vermi-compost annually. From that, 25,019.50metric tonnes of carbon di oxide can be sequestering through vermicompost in entire Ri-Bhoi District of Meghalaya annually. It is the boon for the enhancement of resilience to agriculture to climate change and climate variability through vermi-composting technology in entire Ri-Bhoi District of Meghalaya.