1st Edition

Integrated Waste Management Approaches for Food and Agricultural Byproducts

    258 Pages 9 Color & 21 B/W Illustrations
    by Apple Academic Press

    258 Pages 9 Color & 21 B/W Illustrations
    by Apple Academic Press

    Food wastage has become a major problem with about one third of all food produced for human consumption going to waste, leading to major socioeconomic and environmental consequences in an increasingly resource-constrained world. This volume embraces integrated management as a solution to food and agricultural wastage. It presents methods to lessen, reuse, recycle, and manage wastage by merging and employing a variety of suitable methods, equipment, and organizational plans.

    The volume begins with a global overview of the characterization of food and agricultural wastes. It then delves into using food processing applications that use byproducts as sources of valuable bioenergy and recoverable products. It explores methods for reducing, reusing, and recycling waste along with basic and modern environmental practices for food and agricultural waste management. Chapters discuss food waste management in conjunction with enhancing food security and sustainability and management strategies that offset the impact of food and agricultural wastes on the environment. Finally, the book looks at the challenges and opportunities that are associated with food and agricultural waste management across the globe.

    1. Characterization of Food and Agricultural Wastes: Global Scenario of Waste Generation

    Entesar Hanan, Farhan J Ahmad, Vasudha Sharma, Shabir Hassan, Omar Bashir, Muneeb Malik, and Yasmeena Jan

    2. Food Processing Byproducts: Their Applications as Sources of Valuable Bioenergy and Recoverable Products

    Ufaq Fayaz, Iqra Bashir, Jibreez Fayaz, Omar Bashir, Sobiya Manzoor, Tawheed Amin, and Shakeel Ahmad Bhat

    3. Waste to Wealth: Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling of Food and Agricultural Waste

    Rubiya Rashid, F. A. Masoodi, Sajad Mohd Wani, Shakeel Ahmad Bhat, Shaziya Manzoor, Omar Bashir, Rouf Ahmad Bhat, and Ab. Waheed Wani

    4. Basic and Modern Environmental Management Practices for Food and Agricultural Waste Management

    Quraazah Akeemu Amin, Towseef Ahmad Wani, Tawheed Amin, Afsah Iqbal Nahvi, Taha Mukhtar, Nazrana Rafique, and Shubli Bashir

    5. Food Waste Management: Approaches to Achieve Food Security and Sustainability

    Afnan Ashraf, Syed Anam Ul Haq, Shabir Hassan, Shakeel Ahmad Bhat, Shahid Qayoom, Abaas Ahmad Mir, and Mahsa Mirzakhani

    6. Impact of Food and Agricultural Wastes on the Environment: Management Strategies and Regulations to Curb the Wastes

    Yasmeena Jan, Muneeb Malik, Afrozul Haq, Bibhu Prasad Panda, Mifftha Yaseen, Entesar Hanan, Ishfaq Yaseen, and Asif Rafiq

    7. Challenges and Opportunities Associated with Food and Agricultural Waste Management Across the Globe

    Drishti Kadian, Syed Mansha Rafiq, Nikunj Sharma, Syed Insha Rafiq, Syed Anam Ul Haq, R. M. Shukla, Faizan Masoudi, and Insha Nazir

    Biography

    Tawheed Amin, PhD, is an Assistant Professor-cum-Junior Scientist (Food Science and Technology) in the Division of Food Science and Technology of Kashmir, India. He was formerly a Food Safety Officer in the Drug and Food Control Organization, Government of Jammu & Kashmir. He has attended and presented at several national and international conferences, symposiums, and workshops and has presented posters. He has to his credit several national and international papers and popular articles.

    Omar Bashir, PhD, is an Assistant Professor-cum-Junior Scientist in the Department of Food Technology and Nutrition, Lovely Professional University, Punjab, India. He has published more than 30 research and review articles and many book chapters and magazine articles. He was honored by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI), India, for contributing to the concept of emerging technologies for powdered foods.

    Shakeel Ahmad Bhat is a PhD scholar in agricultural engineering (soil and water engineering) at the College of Agricultural Engineering at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, India. He is an author of more than 15 scientific articles and five book chapters. He has presented and participated in numerous state, national, and international conferences, seminars, and workshops. He is also a reviewer for various international journals and holds life-time memberships in various international organizations.

    Muneeb Ahmad Malik is presently a Senior Research Fellow with the Indian Council of Medical Research and is pursuing a PhD in the Department of Food Technology, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi, India. He has published several peer-reviewed articles in the area of probiotics and vitamin D deficiency. His current research area involves studies related to vitamin D deficiency and exploration of vegan sources of vitamin D.