Waste to Resources
Unlocking Potential Applications of Agricultural Waste
- 1st Edition - September 1, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Editors: Arup Giri, Sanju Bala Dhull, Rajesh Kumar, Somen Acharya
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 0 2 4 6 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 3 0 2 4 7 - 3
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Request a sales quoteWaste to Resources: Unlocking Potential Applications of Agricultural Waste is a comprehensive textbook that explores various types of agricultural waste, their sources, and composition. Growing environmental concerns create a need to deploy sustainable processes within agriculture. This book sheds light on waste management techniques, covering both theory and practice, and advocates for re-framing agricultural waste as a valuable resource. It takes into account the latest research and regulatory considerations to give a well-rounded understanding of the subject. This textbook is an essential resource for upper-level undergraduate students, researchers, and professionals in environmental science and agricultural biology.
The introductory chapters provide an overview of agricultural waste, including crop residues, livestock waste, pesticides, and chemical waste, and describe the environmental implications of these categories. The subsequent chapters delve into waste management techniques such as biogas production, nutrient recovery, recycling, and composting. The final chapter explores the regulatory and policy issues related to sustainable agricultural waste management.
The introductory chapters provide an overview of agricultural waste, including crop residues, livestock waste, pesticides, and chemical waste, and describe the environmental implications of these categories. The subsequent chapters delve into waste management techniques such as biogas production, nutrient recovery, recycling, and composting. The final chapter explores the regulatory and policy issues related to sustainable agricultural waste management.
- Provides a timely exploration of agricultural waste and how it can be utilized as a valuable resource
- Delves into key concepts related to agricultural waste, waste management techniques, and their environmental impact
- Gives an overview of the regulatory and policy issues surrounding waste management in agriculture
- Offers future directions to overcome barriers and expand opportunities for a sustainable and resilient agricultural sector
- Offers online support, including PowerPoint slides for instructors and case studies for students
Students in undergraduate courses on Agricultural Waste Management
Part 1: Understanding Agricultural and Food Wastes
1. Beyond the harvest: The origins and diversity of crop residues and byproducts
2. Livestock waste: Sources, types and composition
3. Pesticide and chemical waste: Exploring the sources, composition, and characteristics
4. Nutrient, fertilizer, and plastic waste in agriculture sector
5. Food processing waste: understanding the sources, composition, and characteristics
6. Water footprints of global agriculture sector
Part 2: Environmental Impact and Ecological Considerations
7. The ecological footprint of agricultural waste: Pollution and greenhouse gas
8. Emissions from fertile to fragile: Understanding soil degradation and erosion due to agricultural waste
9. Pyrethroids contamination: Understanding the impacts on freshwater invertebrates and fish
10. The ecological toll: Biodiversity loss and habitat degradation caused by agricultural waste
11. The hidden dangers: Agricultural waste and its impact on human health
Part 3: Waste management technologies for waste mitigation
12. Traditional and modern waste management technologies: Challenges and limitations
13. Integrated Waste Management Systems: Holistic Approaches to Waste Management in Agriculture
14. Anaerobic Digestion of Waste for Sustainable Energy Production: Principles, applications, and sustainable challenges
15. Waste-to-energy technologies: Harnessing biogas from agricultural waste
16. Industrial applications of agricultural waste for value added products
17. Nanotechnology and agro-industrial wastes as a sustainable and future approach in agricultural applications
Part 4: Waste valorisation and resource utilisation
18. Nutrient recovery and recycling: Extracting and reusing nutrients from agricultural waste
19. Transforming waste into worth: Exploring Value-added products from Agricultural waste
20. Agricultural waste as a renewable resource: Biomass and biofuel production
21. Vermicomposting for waste decomposition and soil health improvement: Risk and challenges
22. Residue to rations: Enhancing livestock nutrition with agricultural byproducts
23. Biochar production: Utilizing waste for carbon sequestration and soil improvement
24. Sustainable solutions: Utilizing agricultural waste for bioplastics and biofibers
25. Waste not, mushroom lots: Innovative cultivation methods with agricultural residues
Part 5: Regulatory and Policy Frameworks for Sustainable Waste Management
26. Policies and strategies to promote sustainable agricultural waste management practices
27. Emerging Trends and Future Prospects in Agricultural Waste Management
28. Potential agricultural waste management practices to contribute to a sustainable and circular agricultural system
1. Beyond the harvest: The origins and diversity of crop residues and byproducts
2. Livestock waste: Sources, types and composition
3. Pesticide and chemical waste: Exploring the sources, composition, and characteristics
4. Nutrient, fertilizer, and plastic waste in agriculture sector
5. Food processing waste: understanding the sources, composition, and characteristics
6. Water footprints of global agriculture sector
Part 2: Environmental Impact and Ecological Considerations
7. The ecological footprint of agricultural waste: Pollution and greenhouse gas
8. Emissions from fertile to fragile: Understanding soil degradation and erosion due to agricultural waste
9. Pyrethroids contamination: Understanding the impacts on freshwater invertebrates and fish
10. The ecological toll: Biodiversity loss and habitat degradation caused by agricultural waste
11. The hidden dangers: Agricultural waste and its impact on human health
Part 3: Waste management technologies for waste mitigation
12. Traditional and modern waste management technologies: Challenges and limitations
13. Integrated Waste Management Systems: Holistic Approaches to Waste Management in Agriculture
14. Anaerobic Digestion of Waste for Sustainable Energy Production: Principles, applications, and sustainable challenges
15. Waste-to-energy technologies: Harnessing biogas from agricultural waste
16. Industrial applications of agricultural waste for value added products
17. Nanotechnology and agro-industrial wastes as a sustainable and future approach in agricultural applications
Part 4: Waste valorisation and resource utilisation
18. Nutrient recovery and recycling: Extracting and reusing nutrients from agricultural waste
19. Transforming waste into worth: Exploring Value-added products from Agricultural waste
20. Agricultural waste as a renewable resource: Biomass and biofuel production
21. Vermicomposting for waste decomposition and soil health improvement: Risk and challenges
22. Residue to rations: Enhancing livestock nutrition with agricultural byproducts
23. Biochar production: Utilizing waste for carbon sequestration and soil improvement
24. Sustainable solutions: Utilizing agricultural waste for bioplastics and biofibers
25. Waste not, mushroom lots: Innovative cultivation methods with agricultural residues
Part 5: Regulatory and Policy Frameworks for Sustainable Waste Management
26. Policies and strategies to promote sustainable agricultural waste management practices
27. Emerging Trends and Future Prospects in Agricultural Waste Management
28. Potential agricultural waste management practices to contribute to a sustainable and circular agricultural system
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 1, 2025
- Imprint: Academic Press
- No. of pages: 360
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780443302466
- eBook ISBN: 9780443302473
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Arup Giri
Dr. Arup Giri, M.Sc., Ph.D. is working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Zoology, Baba Mastnath University, India. Dr. Giri has completed M.Sc. in Zoology from Maulana Azad College, Kolkata, University of Calcutta. For his doctoral research, he has joined DRDO-Defence Institute of High Altitude Research (DIHAR), Leh, Ladakh UT, India, and received a Ph.D. from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, TN, India in Life Sciences. Dr. Giri has later joined as a postdoctoral ICMR-SRF fellow at DIHAR, Chandigarh, India. He has also worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Life Science, Arni University, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh, India. His main research interest is on ‘Animal Physiology and Environmental Toxicology.’ A prolific author with more than 50 articles published in peer-reviewed journals, Dr. Giri's impact factor of 79.53 underscores the significance of his contributions (Google Scholar citation: 841; H-index: 18; i10-index: 24). He has expertise on ‘Animal Physiology and Environmental Toxicology’ and it is reflected such impactful publications in different peer reviewed journal like ‘Scientific Reports,’ ‘Journal of Advanced Research,’ etc. A mentor par excellence, Dr. Giri has guided numerous students in their academic pursuits. With 05 completed Ph.D. theses, ongoing mentorship for four more and guided more than 80 post-graduate students. His supervision has been instrumental in earning accolades, such as the 'Best M.Sc. Dissertation Work' at Sri Sai University, Himachal Pradesh, India. Dr. Giri's influence extends beyond borders, with memberships in esteemed international societies and collaborations. He serves as a reviewer for prestigious journals (Frontiers in Analytical Science, Italian Journal of Animal Science, Biological Trace Element Research Journal, Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, RevistaAmbiente&Água, Hygiene and Environmental Health Advances, Journal of Applied Biology & Biotechnology, Biological Rhythm Research, Biomarkers, Science of the Total Environment, etc.), enriching the scientific discourse on subjects ranging from trace elements to environmental integration. Beyond academia, Dr. Giri is an ardent advocate for environmental stewardship. His research spanning two book proposals accepted by ELSEVIER and Springer, 19 book chapters, two training manuals, and two technical bulletins. He received the 'Young Scientist Award,' 'Young Researcher Award,' and 'Best Oral Presentation Award" two times by different prestigious institutes of India.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, Baba Mastnath University, IndiaSD
Sanju Bala Dhull
Sanju Bala Dhull, Ph.D. is presently working as Associate Professor in Department of Food Science and Technology, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, having more than 15 years of teaching and research experience. Her area of interests includes characterization and modification of biomolecules such as starch, gums etc., edible films, hydrogels, nanoparticles, nanoemulsions and new product development. She has published more than 45 research papers, 5 books and 25 book chapters in books of national and international repute. She presented more than 20 research papers in various national and international conferences. She is life member of Association of Food Scientists and Technologists (India) and Association of Microbiologists of India. She also serves as editorial board member and reviewer of national and international journals.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Food Science and Technology, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, India