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Agriculture Waste to Wealth: Unlocking the Hidden Potential

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Global population expansion has resulted in an acute demand for proliferated food production and distribution. As a result of this augmented food production, the agricultural sector has become a key waste producer too. Huge agricultural waste is produced annually through intense farming, cultivation, harvesting, and industrial processes. Agricultural wastes are classified as offcuts, crop residues, industrial wastes, food-related wastes, and animal wastes. Incineration of agricultural waste produces carbon dioxide and smoke which, when released into the environment, generates heat and causes global warming due to severe air pollution. Therefore, appropriate attention must be taken to decompose agricultural waste using an agricultural waste management strategy. Agriculture waste is reclaimed to produce enzymes, biofuels, vitamins, antioxidants, antibiotics, animal feed, and other useful compounds. Exploration of agricultural waste is a promising non-renewable resource alternative to support environmental feasibility and to address the increasing energy problem. This chapter discusses the right scientific approaches and methodologies for using agricultural waste as raw materials. Furthermore, we discuss numerous methods and techniques for obtaining valuable outputs and products from agricultural waste for a sustainable future.

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  1. Department of Botany, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Nayan Sahu & Poornima Garg

  2. Department of Botany, Guru Ghasidas University, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, India

    S. Shweta

  3. Delhi School of Climate Change and Sustainability, Institution of Eminence-Delhi University, New Delhi, India

    Eapsa Berry

  4. Department of Chemistry, Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to Be University, Haridwar, 249404, Uttarakhand, India

    Ravinder Kumar

  5. Department of Environment Science, Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, India

    Sandeep Kaushik

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Sahu, N., Shweta, S., Garg, P., Berry, E., Kumar, R., Kaushik, S. (2024). Agriculture Waste to Wealth: Unlocking the Hidden Potential. In: Gupta, A., Kumar, R., Kumar, V. (eds) Integrated Waste Management. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-0823-9_4

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