Innovative Approaches to Circular Agriculture: Incorporating Green Chemistry and Waste Valorization
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 February 2026 | Viewed by 796
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agro-food industry; waste valorization; circular economy; emerging technologies; supercritical fluids; bioactive compounds; protein fraction; functional foods
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Interests: green extraction techniques; circular economy; food by-products; food science; bioactive compounds; phenolic compounds; bioactivity; chromatography; mass spectrometry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The constant increase in the global population has led to a rise in food waste generation across the industrial, agricultural, and household sectors. Despite being rich in bioactive compounds such as polysaccharides, proteins, carotenoids, and phenolics, only a quarter of this waste is repurposed as animal feed, while the majority is discarded. Beyond the issue of food loss, these practices have significant environmental, economic, and social consequences, depleting essential resources such as water, land, and energy.
This Special Issue will enhance our understanding of effective agricultural by-product management, aiming to reduce the environmental impact of waste accumulation and develop value-added materials for integration into new industries and processes. Submissions should be aligned with the principles of green chemistry by incorporating agricultural waste valorization, environmental sustainability, and circular economy approaches. Studies examining the effects of management strategies and socioeconomic factors on the sustainability of agricultural waste systems are also encouraged. Both original research articles and review papers are welcome.
Dr. Esther Trigueros
Dr. Elixabet Díaz-de-Cerio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- by-products
- sustainability
- agri-food wastes
- emerging technologies
- circular economy
- green chemistry
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