1st Edition
Circular Agriculture Food Waste Conversion into Vital Biofertilizers
SECTION 1: CIRCULAR AGRICULTURE AND BIOFERTILIZERS
Chapter 1: Circular Agriculture: Global Status and Resource Utilization
Haimanot B. Atinkut, Dessalegn C. Dagnew, Dessalegn Molla Ketema, Assefa A. Berhanu
Chapter 2: Agricultural and Household Kitchen Waste: A Pathway to Nutrient-Rich Biofertilizer in Circular Agriculture
Mudit Chaudhary, Shreyank Katiyar, Narashans Alok Sagar, Nitu Rani, Vishal Ahuja
Chapter 3: Fruit and Vegetable Waste: A Pathway to Nutrient-Rich Biofertilizer
Gholamreza Abdi, Hafiz Muhammad Jawad Saleem, Fatima Shehzadi
Chapter 4: Dairy Waste: Turning Byproducts into Vital Soil Nutrients
Anjali Rajput, Ankisha Vijay
Chapter 5: Cereal and Grain Waste: Conversion into Biofertilizer
Kunwar Prashant, Swati Sharma, Saptak Sarkar, Prajambika Sharma, Shweta Kamboj
Chapter 6: Converting Animal Waste and Manure into Biofertilizers
Dirisa Wakaabu, Angela Hamann-Steinmeier, Sandra Rosenberger
Chapter 7: Organic Waste Composting: From Household Scraps to Biofertilizer Solutions
Abdellatif Boutagayout, Mohamed Kouighat, Anas Hamdani, Brahim Ouahzizi, Rehali Mariyem, Atman Adiba
Chapter 8: Agricultural Waste: A Sustainable Carrier for Nutrient-Rich Biofertilizers
Pedda Ghouse Peera S.K., Rubina Khanam
Chapter 9: Life Cycle Assessment of Food Waste Conversion Systems
Zhivka Todorova Goranova
Chapter 10: Policy and Regulatory Frameworks for Circular Agriculture
Vanitha Prasannath, Thivahary Geretharan
Chapter 11: Challenges and Roadmap for Zero-Waste Agriculture: Toward Circular Economy
Chaitanya Chilakamarry Reddy, Irshad Ahamad Khilji, Jagannadh Satyavolu
SECTION 2: VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS FROM AGRICULTURAL WASTE
Chapter 12: Valorization of Agri-Food Waste into Nano-Enabled Biofertilizers
Jyoti Kaushal, Divya
Chapter 13: Beyond Agriculture: Sustainable Fuels and Integration of Nanotechnology
Vishal Ahuja, Narashans Alok Sagar, Nitu Rani, Neha Saxena
Biography
Nitu Rani (Dr.) is an Assistant Professor at the University Institute of Biotechnology, Chandigarh University, Punjab, India. She holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Biotechnology from Chandigarh University India. She is a gold medalist in her M.Sc. Biochemistry and B.Sc. Biochemistry. Her expertise spans Agricultural Microbiology, Plant Microbe interactions, and Plant Biochemistry, with proficiency in plant tissue culture, bacterial characterization, and data analysis.
Narashans Alok Sagar (Dr.) is currently serving as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biotechnology, University Centre for R&D at Chandigarh University in Punjab, India. Prior to this role, he held the position of Manager (R&D) at Sowbhagya Biotech Pvt. Ltd. Additionally, Dr. Sagar was also associated with the ICAR-Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar (Bareilly), Uttar Pradesh as a Senior Fellow in Food Safety and Nutrition under the National Project (NetSCoFAN) initiated by the Food Safety Standard Authority of India.
Vishal Ahuja (Dr.) was awarded a Ph.D. and master's in biotechnology from the Department of Biotechnology, H.P. University Shimla (H.P.) India. He has worked at CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, India, in the FTT project and is currently working as an Assistant Professor of R&D at Chandigarh University, India. He works in microbial fermentation, healthcare, production or extraction of bioactive compounds like phytochemicals, microbial metabolites from natural biomass.
