<;P>;PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technology which ferments and dries an organic waste at a low cost in a short time by making the best use of the properties of microorganisms, and to provide a technology which can prevent environmental destruction by using materials obtained by the fermentation and drying. <;P>;SOLUTION: In a drying method for the organic waste, corncob meal or its fermentation product is mixed in the organic waste to adjust the water content to 30-80% to prepare a raw material 20, a fermentation tank having a hollow floor made so that a hollow space 15 occupying &ge;30% of a floor area is formed under the floor is provided, the raw material 20 is piled up on the hollow floor to a height of 20-120 cm, an environmental condition for introducing air into the upper and lower sides at the same time is made, and the raw material is turned, fermented and dried. <;P>;COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI