*1.2. Current Status of Agricultural Wastes*

A majority of agro-wastes are usually derived from oilseed crops, wheat, rice, fruits, and vegetable processing. This usually causes several health-related problems to the human population, animals, and the environment, particularly whereby their means of disposal is through landfilling. Even though most of the chosen techniques are cheap and easy to implement, there is a harmful impact on downstream agro-systems and environmental outcomes due to toxic leachate production. This further contributes to

adverse climatic conditions as other unwanted gaseous by-products are also produced. Additionally, combustion also generates different types of disturbances to the environment, including smoke that simultaneously causes air pollution by releasing greenhouse gases contributing to global warming. Furthermore, smog is also produced and does mobilize particulate matter into the atmosphere, with the residual as haltering the soil's physical, chemical, and biological structure, including microbial community. Therefore, a necessary major intervention is needed for the sustainable disposal of agro-waste. This can take the form of sustainable energy technology development and generation in renewable energy technology.
