SECTION 1: SCIENCE OF VERMICOMPOSTING -- Chapter 1. A decade of vermicomposting research at the University of Fort Hare: Selected insights -- Chapter 2. State-of-the-Art and New Perspectives on Vermicomposting Research: 18 years of progress -- Chapter 3. Experiences on methods of vermicompost analysis for plant and soil nutrition -- Chapter 4. An outstanding perspective on biological dynamics in vermicomposting matrices -- Chapter 5. Insights into earthworm biology for vermicomposting -- SECTION 2: VERMICOMPOST PRODUCTION Chapter 6. Vermicomposting as an eco-friendly approach for recycling and valorization grape waste -- Chapter 7. Vermitechnology: An underutilised agro-tool in Africa -- Chapter 8. Prospects of vermicompost and biochar in climate smart agriculture -- Chapter 9. Wild bird animal manure vermicomposting: Experiences from Namibia -- Chapter 10.Rock phosphate vermicompost with microbial inoculation potential in organic fertility -- SECTION 3: VERMICOMPOSTS ON SOIL QUALITY AND CROP GROWTH Chapter 11. A farmers' synthesis on the effects of vermicomposts on soil properties -- Chapter 12. Vermicompost as a possible solution to soil fertility problem and enrichment in the semi-Arid Zones of Namibia -- Chapter 13 Role of vermicompost in organic vegetable production under resource-constrained famers in Zimbabwe -- Chapter 14. Co-application of vermicompost with other amendments for the improvement of infertile/degraded soils -- Chapter 15. Sustainable enhancement of soil fertility using bio-inoculants -- Chapter 16. The potential of vermicomposts in sustainable crop production system -- Chapter 17. Vermicompost and vermi-leachate in pest and disease control management -- SECTION 4: VERMICOMPOSTING AND WASTES -- Chapter 18. Vermicompost: A potential reservoir of antimicrobial resistant microbes (ARMs) and genes (ARGs) -- Chapter 19 Potential transformation of organic waste in African countries by using vermicomposting technology- Chapter 20. Earthworms in bioremediation of soils contaminated with petroleum hydrocarbons.