Agriculture & Allied Sciences

Agricultural Waste
Threats and Technologies for Sustainable Management

Editors: Rouf Ahmad Bhat, PhD
Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD
Humaira Qadri, PhD
Moonisa Aslam Dervash, PhD

Agricultural Waste

Published. Available now.
Pub Date: July 2021
Hardback Price: see ordering info
Hard ISBN: 9781771889636
E-Book ISBN: 9781003105046
Pages: 382pp w index
Binding Type: Hardback
Notes: 16 color and 9 b/w illustrations

This new volume, Agricultural Waste: Threats and Technologies for Sustainable Management, 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.

This volume 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.

CONTENTS:
Preface

1. Agricultural Waste: Sources, Implications, and Sustainable Management
Dig Vijay Singh, Rouf Ahmad Bhat, and Syed Maqbool Geelani

2. Agricultural Waste Uses, Sources, and Applications in Plant-Soil Systems
Zia Ur Rahman Farooqi, Umair Mubarak, Nukshab Zeeshan, Muhammad Mahroz Hussain, and Muhammad Ashar Ayub

3. Impact of Agriculture on Soil Health
Mansha Nisar

4. Global Scenario of Remediation Techniques to Combat Pesticide Pollution
Rezwana Assad, Iqra Bashir, Iflah Rafiq, Irshad Ahmad Sofi, Showkat Hamid Mir, Zafar Ahmad Reshi, and Irfan Rashid

5. Woodchip Bioreactors for Nitrate Removal in Agricultural Land Drainage
Mehraj U. Din Dar, Aamir Ishaq Shah, Syed Rouhullah Ali, and Shakeel Ahmad Bhat

6. Biocontrol Agents in Organic Agriculture
Ajaz Ahmad Kundoo, Moonisa Aslam Dervash, Rouf Ahmad Bhat, Barkat Hussain, and Muntazir Mushtaq

7. The Science of Vermicomposting for Sustainable Development
Rohaya Ali and Rumisa Nazir

8. Consolidation of Green Chemistry into Biorefineries: A Pavement for Green and Sustainable Products
Nowsheeba Rashid, Amir Hussain Dar, and Ifra Ashraf

9. Microbial Interventions and Biochemistry Pathways for Degradation of Agricultural Waste
Monica Butnariu, Ramona Stef, and Alina Butu

10. Value of Biofertilizers
Hilal Ahmad Ganaie, Naseer Ue Din Shah, Falak Mushtaq, and Jasbir Kour

11. Alternatives to Synthetic Fertilizers
Muhammad Ijaz, Ijaz Hussain, Muhammad Tahir, Muhammad Shahid, Sami Ul-Allah, Mohsin Zafar, Iqra Rasheed, and Ahmad Nawaz

12. Mushroom Cultivation Technology for Conversion of Agro-Industrial Wastes into Useful Products
Shauket Ahmed Pala, Dig Vijay Singh, Abdul Hamid Wani, Rouf Ahamd Bhat, and Bashir Ahmad Ganai

13. An Essay on Some Biotechnological Interventions in Agricultural Waste Management
Rukhsana Akhtar, Adil Farooq Wali, Saiema Rasool, Sabhiya Majid, Hilal Ahmad Wani, Muneeb U Rehman, Showkat Ahmad Bhat, Shabhat Rasool, Shafat Ali, and Rehan Khan

14. Bioremediation Technologies for the Management of Agricultural Waste
Monica Butnariu, Ioan Sarac, and Alina Butu

Index


About the Authors / Editors:
Editors: Rouf Ahmad Bhat, PhD
Assistant Professor, Cluster University Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

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. Dr. Bhat has been teaching graduate and postgraduate students of environmental sciences for the past three years. He is an author of more than 50 research papers and 15 book chapters and has published more than 10 books with international publishers. He has presented and participated in numerous state, national and international conferences, seminars, workshops, and symposia. Dr. Bhat has worked as an Associate Environmental Expert for the World Bank-funded Flood Recovery Project and also as Environmental Support Staff for Asian Development Bank (ADB)-funded development projects. He has received awards, appreciation, and recognition for his services to the science of water testing and air and noise analysis. He has served as an editorial board member and reviewer for several international journals. Dr. Bhat is still writing and experimenting with diverse capacities of plants for use in aquatic pollution.

Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD
Professor, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Khalid Rehman Hakeem, PhD, is Professor at King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. After completing his doctorate (botany, with a specialization in plant eco-physiology and molecular biology) from Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, India, he worked as a lecturer at the University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India. At Universiti Putra Malaysia, Selangor, Malaysia, he was a Postdoctorate Fellow and Fellow Researcher (Associate Professor) for several years. Dr. Hakeem has more than 10 years of teaching and research experience in plant eco-physiology, biotechnology and molecular biology, medicinal plant research, plant-microbe-soil interactions, as well as in environmental studies. He is the recipient of several fellowships at both national and international levels. He has served as a visiting scientist at Jinan University, Guangzhou, China. Currently, he is involved with a number of international research projects with different government organizations. To date, Dr. Hakeem has authored and edited more than 35 books with international publishers. He also has to his credit more than 80 research publications in peer-reviewed international journals and 55 book chapters in edited volumes with international publishers. At present, Dr. Hakeem serves as an editorial board member and reviewer for several high-impact international scientific journals. He is included in the advisory board of Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. 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
Head, Department of Environment and Water Management, Cluster University Srinagar, Sri Pratap College Campus, Jammu and Kashmir, India

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. She has published scores of papers in international journals and has more than ten books with national and international publishers. She is also the reviewer for various international journals and is the principal investigator of some major projects on phytoremediation. She is guiding a number of research students for PhD programs and has supervised more than 60 master’s dissertations. She also has been on the scientific board of various international conferences and holds life memberships of various international organizations. With a number of national scientific events to her credit, she is an active participant in national and international scientific events and has organized a number of national conferences on science. A gold medalist at her master’s level, she earned a number of awards and certificates of merit. Her specialization is in limnology, nutrient dynamics, and phytoremediation.

Moonisa Aslam Dervash, PhD
Cluster University Srinagar, Sri Pratap College Campus, Jammu and Kashmir, India

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. She has published many papers in international journals and has more than three books with national and international publishers. She is also the reviewer for various international journals. During her education, she has received a number of awards and certificates of merit. Her specialization is in mesofauna and carbon sequestration.




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