Agricultural Waste
Threats and Technologies for Sustainable Management

This volume focuses on tackling the harmful impact of agricultural waste with the use of sustainable practices, bio-techniques, and new technologies that either make use of the waste as a raw material or convert the waste into a useful resource that can help achieve environmental sustainability.

The agriculture sector is one of the major producers of waste around the world. These wastes are produced at various stages of the various processes in the agricultural industry. Agricultural practices such as mechanical tillage, mono-cropping, application of agro-chemicals, irrigation with waste and industrial waters affect soil health and productivity. The resulting agricultural wastes can have a deleterious impact on the different components of the environment, resulting in harmful problems that pose a huge risk to ecological stability.

The book investigates the sources and impacts of agri-waste on the environment and goes on to offer effective techniques, processes, and sustainable practices that can be implemented for effective agricultural waste management. Chapters also discuss a selection of innovative engineering-based technologies. The volume includes discussions of many remediation techniques, such as the use of biofertilizers, biocontrol agents, vermicomposting, green chemistry, microbial interventions, and more. The book explores the various uses of agri-waste with special emphasis on their applications in the plant-soil system.

This book is a valuable reference source for academicians, professionals, researchers, students, and policymakers who are interested in the innovative management of the agricultural waste.

1. Agricultural Waste: Sources, Implications, and Sustainable Management2. Agricultural Waste Uses, Sources, and Applications in Plant-Soil Systems3. Impact of Agriculture on Soil Health4. Global Scenario of Remediation Techniques to Combat Pesticide Pollution5. Woodchip Bioreactors for Nitrate Removal in Agricultural Land Drainage6. Biocontrol Agents in Organic Agriculture7. The Science of Vermicomposting for Sustainable Development8. Consolidation of Green Chemistry into Biorefineries: A Pavement for Green and Sustainable Products 9. Microbial Interventions and Biochemistry Pathways for Degradation of Agricultural Waste 10. Value of Biofertilizers11. Alternatives to Synthetic Fertilizers12. Mushroom Cultivation Technology for Conversion of Agro-Industrial Wastes into Useful Products 13. An Essay on Some Biotechnological Interventions in Agricultural Waste Management14. Bioremediation Technologies for the Management of Agricultural Waste

Rouf Ahmad Bhat, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at Cluster University Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, where he specializes in limnology, toxicology, phytochemistry, and phytoremediation.

Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD, is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. He is also a fellow of the Plantae group of the American Society of Plant Biologists, member of the World Academy of Sciences, member of the International Society for Development and Sustainability, Japan, and member of the Asian Federation of Biotechnology, Korea.

Humaira Qadri, PhD, has been actively involved in teaching postgraduate students of environmental science for the past ten years at the Sri Pratap College Campus of Cluster University Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India, where she also heads the Department of Environment and Water Management.

Moonisa Aslam Dervash, PhD, has been actively involved in teaching graduate and postgraduate students of environmental science at Sri Pratap College Campus, Cluster University Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India.