Innovative Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture: From Waste to Biostimulants, Biofertilisers and Bioenergy
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Crop Production".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 January 2025 | Viewed by 100
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Interests: biostimulants; plant biochemistry; plant nutrition; heavy metals; oxidative stress; nanoparticles; herbicides; abiotic stress in plants; phytoremediation
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Interests: carbon sequestration; water soluble organic matter; soil fertility; organic waste treatments
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Interests: natural gas hydrates; carbon capture and storage; methanation; gas mixture separation
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Modern agriculture is considered to be a significant contributor to climate change and environmental degradation, and various environmental stressors—significantly exacerbated by climate change—affect cropping systems, decreasing yields, and product quality. Therefore, it is imperative to identify innovative and biobased approaches that improve the sustainability of cropping systems and reduce their contribution to climate change while also making agriculture more resilient and productive.
In this context, the valorization of agro-industrial waste represents a strategic and relevant way to reduce the environmental impact of agriculture and increase its productivity. For instance, agro-industrial activities produce approximately 140 billion tons of waste biomass worldwide, which has the potential to be a low-cost and highly effective source of feedstock for the production of innovative materials to be applied in different productive sectors, as well as in agriculture itself. Some recent studies have focused on obtaining biostimulants and fertilizers from agro-industrial wastes, thus creating a circular economy paradigm. Furthermore, within the scope of promoting third-generation biorefinery, following pretreatment for the extraction/production of valuable substances, this kind of biomass can be destined for anaerobic digestion for energy production and finally converted in (bio)fertilizers.
In this context, the aim of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of innovative and cutting-edge research on the potential of biomass to provide relevant materials and approaches for agricultural applications and energy production. In particular, research on obtaining biostimulants and (bio)fertilizer from natural resources and waste to increase soil quality and the performance of crops, even in the context of climate change, will be considered. Finally, studies on producing biogas or biomethane from agro-industrial waste are welcome.
Dr. Daniele Del Buono
Prof. Dr. Giovanni Gigliotti
Dr. Alberto Maria Gambelli
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biobased
- biostimulants
- biofertilizers
- biogas
- sustainable agriculture
- crop productivity
- climate change
- circular economy
